I don't know what magic Concubine Yang has cast, which has made His Majesty Li Er linger recently.

Every time I think of her, His Majesty Li Er begins to heat up all over his body, just like just when Empress Changsun mentioned that she stayed in Penglai Hall last night, in His Majesty Li Er's mind, all of them are Concubine Yang. Vicarious ~ Huan's appearance and figure.

His Majesty Li Er found that he didn't know what was wrong, and he liked to run to Penglai Hall more and more.

"Your Majesty's face is a little bad, let's go back to the palace to rest!"

Empress Eldest Sun said with a heartache.

"Okay, thank you Guanyin for your concern, I, I'll go back and rest for a while."

When His Majesty Li Er heard this, he immediately got up and drove back to the palace.

The sales of the coal shop supervised by Zhang Ming are getting better and better, and now the three guys are too busy at all, so Tao Ran has to recruit guys for the coal shop again.

But whenever Tao Ran's shops recruit people, they are all squeezed in.

All the people in Chang'an know that these houses were opened by a young Hou Ye, and the most important thing is to go to his shop to work, not only to eat and live well, but also to pay a few percent higher than all the shops in Chang'an.

Recently, businessmen from Longyou Road, Hexi Road, Hedong Road, and Henan Road have begun to come to the coal shop to negotiate business.

They then calculated how much profit there was in addition to the cost of transportation and labor, and when they saw that the coal shop was busy with business every day, they couldn't calm down, so several large orders were signed immediately.

Zhang Ming rode back to the academy on a fast horse to find Tao Ran, and as soon as he got off the horse, Zhang Ming hurriedly walked towards Nanshan Academy.

"Master Hou, there are a few big orders, take a look."

Zhang Ming handed over the contract in his hand to Tao Ran.

Tao Ran took it and took a closer look.

"Yes, it's very good, these contracts can make us a lot of money, Zhang Ming, you have a lot of credit, arrange it, increase the mining efforts, and be sure to ensure the supply on the contract." After the New Year, I will buy you a house in Chang'an, which will be regarded as a reward for you. ”

Tao Ran said with a smile.

These contracts are too powerful, each one is a long-term contract, it is a steady stream of cash cows, it is also appropriate to reward Zhang Ming appropriately, and it is okay to buy a house on the edge of Chang'an.

"Master Hou, you can't do it. You are already good enough for the little family, Zhang Ming doesn't ask for anything else, just want to do good things for the Hou Ye in a down-to-earth manner. ”

Zhang Ming hurriedly waved his hand again and again and refused.

"In this case, I will give you a salary and reward you at the end of the year, and then the family will have a good year with Hemeimei, and I will also leave some money for my son to marry his daughter-in-law."

Tao Ran looked at Zhang Ming with a smile and said.

"Master Hou is so good that Zhang Ming doesn't know what to say."

"It's just that you did it yourself, it's decided, come to the academy to find me at any time if you have something, by the way, what you want to eat, what to drink, just go to the restaurant, you don't need to save me money, guys also have to improve their lives every once in a while."

Tao Ran solemnly explained.

"Okay, thank you Lord Hou for your thoughtfulness, the guys are very satisfied with the treatment in the shop, and the new ones are also very diligent in their work recently."

"Well, diligence is one thing, the most important thing is character, you have to rely on it, your hands and feet are clean, don't leave the guy who is insatiable and embezzles money from the cabinet, or then you will suffer endlessly."

"Small, understood."

Zhang Ming said goodbye to Tao Ran, went down the mountain to explain the intention of increasing coal mining to his younger brother Zhang Qiang, and then rode back to Chang'an.

Zhang Qiang, of course, did everything according to his brother's explanation.

As a result, the production of coal is increasing every day.

Within a few days, the people of Chang'an City discovered a very spectacular phenomenon.

There are a large number of outsiders pulling carts to transport coal back and forth, and the good deeds only know that they are all from Tao Xiaosheng's coal shop, and then transported to other places after purchase.

This made the people of Chang'an begin to have a great sense of superiority.

At the very least, we use coal much more conveniently than them, and even the price is 10% cheaper than the price they ship.

It can be seen that this Chang'an Hou is still good to the people of Chang'an City, and he still pays attention to the friendship of his fellow villagers, at least at least several of his shops are very reliable at present.

On top of that, they also run the academy for free.

Two days ago, there was news that there were already two students in the academy who had been selected by the imperial court as imperial court officials and had taken office.

And it has a nose and eyes, which surprised many people!

The problem is that Nanshan Academy has only been open for a few months, and there are people who have been appointed as officials by the imperial court, which is enough to prove that the teaching quality of the academy is definitely far beyond the existence of Guozijian.

Guozijian is such a powerful existence, and I have never heard of a prison student who has not graduated from the court to enter the court.

So this matter was spread by the people more and more magical, the people in winter really have no work to do, so a group of three, a group of five is nothing more than the head of the family, the short market joke of the Li family.

Now that the beheading of Jieli Khan and Tuli Khan has just passed, the rumors of the court officials of Nanshan Academy are overwhelming and spreading everywhere.

Just when the people of Chang'an City were talking about it and their saliva was splashing, the parties Ma Zhou and Liu Renliang finally came all the way to the border of the Tang Dynasty.

"Ren Rail, let's say goodbye, you still have a thousand miles ahead of you, pay attention to safety all the way, remember the teacher's explanation of our affairs, what are the things to write to me."

After Ma Zhou got out of the car, he walked to Liu Renliang's carriage and spoke.

Liu Renliang hurriedly got off the carriage.

"Senior brother, so that the junior brother will go on the road, the junior brother will definitely remember the instructions of the master and the senior brother, handle the affairs within the division, and transfer to Chang'an as soon as possible."

Liu Renliang bowed his hand and said.

"Okay, junior brother said. Senior brother was relieved. We don't know when we will see each other, and when I think about it, my brother also feels very sad, let's go, otherwise my brother will be uncomfortable again. ”

When Liu Renliang heard this, he boarded the carriage.

"Senior brother, remember the oath we made in front of the master, and the junior brother will take the first step."

Then the carriage continued to gallop forward, leaving Ma Zhou waving goodbye on the spot.

"Sir, why do you stop here?"

Hongxiu stepped out of the carriage and asked puzzled.

"Madam, I'll go and drop off the old man's house, you can wait for me here for a while."

Ma Zhou said.

"Well, the master will go early and return early."

Hongxiu replied obediently.

Old man Zhang Lin had already gotten out of the carriage he was riding, and was about to invite Ma Zhou to go home and drink a cup of hot water on the side of the road.

Although his family is surrounded by four walls, but they have sat in a carriage thousands of miles away, and even their lives have been rescued by others, if they can't do their best to be a landlord, it is really unreasonable.

Zhang Si should still have a lot of hunting and captured prey at home, so he went to his house to borrow it and stew a pot of hot meat for these benefactors first, which was also considered his own expression.

Zhang Lin waited for Ma Zhou and Liu Renliang to say goodbye before he came over.

"Master Guan, if you don't dislike going to the cold house to drink a cup of hot water, thanks to your care all the way, I am afraid that the grass people will not be able to repay the life-saving grace in this life."

Zhang Lin said to Ma Zhou Shili.

"The old man doesn't have to be polite, Ma Zhou sent the old man home, let them wait in place, and don't bother the old man when the time is pressing."

Ma Zhou said gently.

"In this way, the grass people really don't want to go, but if the official insists on doing so, the grass people can only burn incense and pray for their benefactors every day······"

After Zhang Lin finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards Hutou Village, and Ma Zhou followed closely behind.

"Master, don't catch a cold on the road when the wind blows." Hongxiu trotted all the way over, took off the fur, and draped it on Ma Zhou's body.

The jade pendant hanging from his chest and neck glowed reddish in the sun.

Zhang Laohan looked back, and the whole person was instantly frozen·······

"Girl, you... You... Where did you come from? ”

The old man Zhang Lin trembled all over, and said tremblingly.

"This jade pendant has been worn around Hongxiu's neck since she was a child, and she has never taken it off since Hongxiu can remember. The strange thing is that Hongxiu has always felt that there should be another half of this jade pendant in this world, because this is obviously half a jade pendant. ”

Hongxiu blinked her eyes and replied truthfully, she didn't know why this old man was so excited, and even her voice trembled.

"Can you show me this jade pendant?" Zhang Lin calmed down his excitement and spoke.

Ma Zhou felt that there seemed to be something in this, it just so happened that Hongxiu had always regretted that he didn't have a home, no family, and even the big wedding was in Chengfu, this regret has always been the biggest pain in Hongxiu's heart, so he spoke.

"Hongxiu show the old man."

"Well, Hongxiu listens to the master."

So Gao Hongxiu carefully untied the jade pendant around his neck and handed it over to Zhang Lin's old man.

Zhang Lin took it in his hand and examined it carefully, and his tears couldn't help falling anymore.

"Girl, we are looking for you so miserable, your mother has not been able to find your whereabouts because she is looking for you to die in a foreign country, the sky has eyes, let our father and daughter meet at the door of the house, even if the old man is dead, there is no regret, my father is sorry for you, he didn't take a good look at you at the beginning, let you be stolen, and my daughter has suffered a lot over the years, right?"

Zhang Laohan took the jade pendant and cried loudly, crying is called a sad heart, once the emotions accumulated over the years are vented, the tears can no longer be controlled like a flood.

Gao Hongxiu was stupid in an instant when she heard this, and now of course she will not be so stupid as to directly recognize a person who has never seen a person as a father, but looking at the old man's tears doesn't look like pretending, besides, why are people pretending to do this?

"Old... Uncle, how do you prove that what you say is true? ”

Ma Zhou's words at this time made Gao Hongxiu nervous.

"To prove that what the old man said is true, you only need to dig up her mother's grave and see it at a glance."

Zhang Laohan said with tears streaming down his face.

"Where does the old man say that digging graves is a great disrespectful thing, how can you say that digging will be dug up?"

Ma Zhou immediately exited to block the road.

"The official master didn't know, the old lady died in a foreign country to find her daughter, and when I went with my eldest son, I didn't even have a corpse, it should have been taken away by wild beasts in the mountains and forests in the summer, and I had no choice but to return home, so I could only find a piece of jade pendant in the dowry she was married to, that is, a pair of jade pendants with this jade pendant, and you can see it when you take it out."

Zhang Laohan said excitedly. Having said that, even Gao Hongxiu began to believe in three points, although he didn't have any feelings for the old man in front of him now, but if he was sure that this person was his biological father, Gao Hongxiu would definitely not ignore it.

"Okay, in this case, not having a body is not an offense to the ancestors, the old man also asks me to lead the way and let the soldiers help take out the token, if the truth is really the case, your father-in-law and Ma Zhou will admit it."

Ma Zhou's words made Gao Hongxiu almost shed tears, recognizing this father-in-law was tantamount to adding a burden and burden to Ma Zhou, but his man still agreed.

I don't know how many lifetimes I have cultivated, so I have cultivated this man's care and love.

So Ma Zhou summoned a few soldiers, and together with Gao Hongxiu, he went to the cemetery behind the mountain in Hutou Village before Zhang Lin and the old man.

After the soldiers found the location of the old man Zhang Lin, they began to dig.

It wasn't long before a wooden box was exposed in the thick earth.

Zhang Laohan took three steps and two steps, walked into the deep pit and took out the wooden box.

Years of buried wooden boxes are showing signs of decay.

Zhang Laohan easily opened the wooden box.

"Master Guan, these two jade pendants are perfectly combined, and they are a complete jade pendant, without the slightest flaw."

Old man Zhang Lin handed over the jade pendant taken out of the wooden box to Ma Zhou.

Under Gao Hongxiu's trembling body and excited eyes, Ma Zhou perfectly combined the two jade pendants.

Sure enough, there was not the slightest flaw.

"Madam, my name is Dad, what this old man said is indeed true."

Ma Zhou turned to look at Hongxiu behind him and said.

"Daddy·····" Gao Hongxiu suddenly threw herself down in front of the old man and cried bitterly, no wonder his previous parents would sell him to Qinglou and then cut off any relationship with him, it turned out that everything was fake, everything was a lie, and the old man in front of him was his real father.

"Girl, it's really Daddy's daughter. Tell your mother, Cuicui is back. When you are at our house, call Zhang Cuicui, and tell your mother, and her old man will be relieved. ”

"Mother····· Cuicui is back, and my father has found Cuicui······"

Thinking of the hardships and sins she has endured over the years, Gao Hongxiu will change her name to Zhang Cuicui in the future, and she couldn't help but burst into tears, almost crying and fainting in front of her mother's grave.

"Madam, don't be sad, you should be happy, you met your relatives today, and you don't have any regrets in this life, follow the old man to worship your brother and sister-in-law, and take your father to the Western Regions together."

Ma Zhou gently patted the grief-stricken Zhang Cuicui's shoulder and comforted.

"Well, everything is up to the master."

So Cuicui and Zhang Lin used a piece of meat from Jieli Khan to pay tribute to the graves of their three brothers and sisters-in-law.