Although Qian Junchen's experience as a political secretary is only a subordinate official of the feudal department, this subordinate official is a fat shortage. There is no need for the main hall of so many states and counties in Hubei to scold him, but they don't dare to offend him, even if a state and county only honors two hundred taels a year, the four thousand taels that Hengyuan Qianzhuang helped to make back will soon be earned.

Thinking that He Heng would soon become the secretary of the cabinet, and even Zhou Xingyuan, the prisoner who had squatted in the prison of the Criminal Department, had become a friend of the governor of Liangjiang, Han Xiufeng felt a little uncomfortable, and he was embarrassed to go to Director Zhang to inquire again.

Fugui was more anxious than Han Xiufeng in order to raise money to make up for the vacancy, and ran to the hall every day to wait for the letter.

Han Xiufeng excused the officials and old men without nodding, and hung him for five days in a row, and when he saw that he was about to go crazy, he invited the Chinese to come over and buy the courtyard next door.

The deed was in hand, and three hundred taels of silver tickets were given, but the deal was not over, and Fugui said that he would not regret it, but it was almost certain that he would come to "make up" by waiting until next year at most. As long as it is a land and real estate transaction, the yamen will generally favor the seller, and according to the rule, he can "make up" at least twice, but how much silver he will find him in the future is a matter of the future, and Han Xiufeng not only doesn't care about it, but he doesn't even mention it.

Just when he asked the craftsmen to promote the reconstruction of the courtyard that had just been built, Fei Erye, Liu Shanyang and Bao Juren of Rongchang County finally came to Chaotianmen Wharf by boat after nearly two months of running.

When he left home, he returned to his hometown, and his hometown accent did not change, and his sideburns declined.

When children don't know each other, they smile and ask where they come from!

Looking at the busy porters on the dock and listening to the cordial hometown dialect, Fei Erye, who had been away from home for more than ten years, was so excited that he burst into tears. Liu Shanyang could understand his feelings at this moment, and helped him and said, "Second master, why don't I accompany you to go ashore to deliver the letter, and then go to the cold house to stay for a few days after delivering the letter." ”

Second Master Fei relieved himself and turned around and said, "Shi Zhen, you have been out for so long and you have arrived at the door of the house, how can you not go back and have a look first." The letter is sent by me and Lingyun ashore, you don't have to go ashore, just let the boatman send you back to Jiangbei. ”

"Yes, Shizhen, Ling Zun is sick, you better go back first." Bao Juren thinks so.

Liu Shanyang didn't want to go back like this, and said in a deep voice: "Second master, otherwise, I'll go back to Jiangbei first, and my cousin will accompany you two to send a letter to Zhixingjia, and then let him find an inn to arrange for you to live after the letter is delivered." I will cross the river early tomorrow morning to meet you, and then we will go to see Master Gu together. ”

"That's fine, I'm not afraid of your jokes, I've been away from home for so long, and Ba County is so big, I'm really worried that I can't tell the difference between the southeast and northwest of the city."

"Okay, let's leave it at that." Liu Shanyang didn't want the Han family to think that he was rude, so he turned around and instructed: "Third brother, bring the gifts you bought in Wuchang." ”

"Yes."

"When you see Mrs. Han, remember to say hello to me."

"Brother, don't worry about me doing things, I will never lose my manners."

……

The three of them looked like scholars, and the sharp-eyed porters of the Sichuan Gang even recognized Liu Shanyang, otherwise they would have run on the boat like a robbery and grabbed their luggage.

Liu Shanyang didn't know that any of them recognized the self-sufficiency, so he first reported to his family, and after a group of porters bowed down and saluted, he took out a handful of copper plates, and called two more honest looking people to get on the boat to help the second master and Bao Juren carry their luggage, and sent Fei Erye and Bao Juren to the city gate, so that the boatman could go to Jiangbei.

To Second Master Fei's surprise, as soon as they walked into Chaotianmen Urn City, a thin and black little footman quickly chased after him, and asked cautiously as he followed: "The two masters have come back from the capital, right?" ”

Second Master Fei didn't have any shelf to lift people, but when he finally returned to his hometown and saw his fellow villagers, he felt cordial, and asked with a smile: "Exactly, little brother, how do you know?" ”

"I saw that you two were in the same boat as Master Liu!"

"Do you recognize Master Liu?"

"Jiangbei Hall is just those few masters, who of us who are begging for a life at the dock don't know," the little footman grinned, and said proudly: "I'm not afraid of the jokes of the two masters, I also have people in the capital, maybe you two will also recognize them." ”

Bao Juren couldn't help but ask: "You kid has someone in the capital?" ”

"What am I lying to you about, I know Han Xiufeng Master Han, and the big head, the big head is my brother, we used to beg for a living together at the dock!"

"Do you recognize Zhixing?"

"Who is Zhixing?"

"Zhixing is Han Xiufeng!"

"Why did the fourth brother change his name, I really don't know."

He even recognized the big head, it couldn't be fake, it couldn't be fake, Bao Juren couldn't help laughing: "Master Han hasn't changed his name, his name is still Han Xiufeng, and Zhixing is his word." What's your last name, and how do you recognize Master Han? ”

"My surname is Wu, my father can't read and write, and he doesn't know how to choose a name, and he calls me a monkey from childhood to adulthood." The monkey smiled, and said with a fluttering eyebrow: "The fourth brother was on an errand in the yamen before he went to the capital to be the eldest master, we all recognized him, and he also recognized us. ”

"Since you know Master Han, do you know where Master Han's house is?"

"I know, the fourth brother used to live in Zhuzi's house, and then moved to Chuqimen."

"Okay, take us there." Bao Juren didn't want to take the wrong road, so he turned around and said: "Second master, we won't go to the mansion to find his father-in-law, and go directly to his house." ”

"It's okay, if you can't find anyone at the mansion, you have to ask."

The monkey asked curiously, "Master, are you going to find Duan Jingcheng?" ”

Bao Juren couldn't help but laugh and said, "You know this? ”

"I said that I know the fourth brother, and I don't know anything about his family." The monkey wanted to help Jiang Liu and the eighth master inquire about how the big head was doing in the capital, how could he miss this golden opportunity, so he ran to the front and shouted to a few footmen squatting on the side of the road: "Second uncle, hurry up to the government to find Duan Jingcheng, and say that someone is coming from the capital." Dog, you go to the county office to find Guan Bantou and tell Guan Bantou that someone is coming to the capital! ”

"And then?" A porter got up, looked at Second Master Fei and asked curiously.

"I will first accompany the two masters who came back from the capital to the fourth brother's house, and ask them to go to the fourth brother's house as well."

"Oh, I'll go!"

Second Master Fei didn't expect a little footman to be so powerful, Liu Shanyang's cousin couldn't help but smile and explained: "Second Master, they are all members of the Sichuan Gang, Master Han has been helping in the Yamen before going to the capital to confess, and he takes good care of the Sichuan Gang on weekdays. The big head is a member of the Sichuan Gang, so what do you two have in Ba County to let them run errands. ”

"Yes, the fourth brother's business is our business." A porter with luggage on his back couldn't help but interject.

"This brother, do you also recognize Zhixing?"

"Recognize, who on the docks doesn't!"

Thinking of Han Xiufeng taking care of the big guy so much in the capital, and then looking at these porters in front of him, Bao Juren sighed: "Zhixing's personality really has nothing to say, no wonder Master Gu values him so much." ”

"Yes, I can make a friend like Zhixing, I have no regrets in this life!"