Seeing Huo Shiqi turning around and retracting the carriage with doubts in his eyes, talking to Shang Cheng casually, and seeing Shi Baokan all respectfully performing the junior salute, Sun Zhongshan reacted. He hurriedly got out of the carriage, and the horsewhip was thrust into the wheel, and he bowed deeply as he could.

Huo Shiqi looked at Sun Zhongshan and was dressed like a coachman, with a water-blue Shu brocade straight jacket, blue and white trousers, a pair of calfskin soft-soled boots on his feet, a three-finger-wide piping silk flower belt around his waist, and a pair of servants and servants on his body couldn't hide his neatness. Shang Cheng introduced them to them: "This is Weiping Sun Fu, whose name is Zhongshan, and now he is with my old stone, and they are all stirring spoons in the cauldron of the West Malaysia Zhibian Army." He smiled and said, "I have a relationship with Nakayama." I followed him when I came back from Quzhou last year, and I was also together when I fought in the spring of this year, and I went to West Malaysia to act as the commander of the military village, and he happened to change guards from Ruqi to West Malaysia, and I was still with him. ”

Sun Zhongshan smiled and said, "It's me who has a relationship with adults......

As soon as he said this, Huo Shiqi understood that this was also Shang Cheng's subordinate. As with Bao Kan, he just casually bowed his hand to Sun Zhongshan, smiled closely, and turned his face to ask Shang Cheng: "Are you coming back this time for business?" ”

Shang Cheng stepped out of the steps, helped Huo Shiqi and said, "It's windy here, let's talk while walking." He said to Huo Liudao again, "Uncle Liu, too." Huo Liu nodded and followed with a smile.

Huo Shiqi's home is a long way from Shang Chengxin's house, and almost half of the market town crosses from south to north. Shi had already ridden a horse to book a banquet on the main street, and Shang Cheng accompanied the Huo family brothers in front of him to walk slowly and talk. In fact, he didn't have much to talk about, he waited in Yanzhou, went to Ma Zhi to take up his post, then suppressed bandits, and then miscellaneous military and government affairs, and came to the end in a few words," ...... This time, I came back from a busy time to arrange the marriage for Nakayama. When he gets married, I'll rush back right away. Seeing that the New Year is coming to an end, a lot of things have to be dealt with in the military village. ”

The two brothers of the Huo family are both human spirits, and after hearing Shang Cheng talk about his experience in the past two or three months, he mentioned Sun Zhongshan's marriage, but he said it vaguely and vaguely...... Huo Liu glanced at Sun Zhongshan, who was driving the carriage far behind, and then looked at the carriage that was still tightly covered with curtains, and smiled silently. Huo Shiqi strode across a thin mud pit on the road, lowered his eyebrows and thought for a moment, and followed Shang Cheng's words and asked, "On the carriage is Zhongshan Shan who has not passed through the door?" ”

Shang Cheng nodded and greeted an acquaintance on the side of the road warmly: "Fifth brother, have you eaten?" Didn't eat and go with my house, a big bowl of meat and a big bowl of wine, by the way! The man stood cowering by the courtyard wall, not knowing how to speak, and only after a long time he muttered, "Eat, eat." Why are you back? ”

"Come back and see." Shang Cheng said with a smile, and said to a stunned woman at the door of the station, "Hello fifth sister-in-law, are you going to grind noodles?" It's been a long time since I've eaten the oil cake you made. ”

The fifth sister-in-law looked at him with wide eyes, and only after a long time did she tremble Suo Suo and asked as if she didn't believe it: "Yes, is it a monk brother?" Her man suddenly jumped over and kicked her as if he had woken up, scolding, "You ignorant mother-in-law! Brother monk is what you shouted! After two blows, he turned his face to Shang Cheng and said, "He...... Brothers...... Master, don't worry about her, this dead woman has never been out, and she has no knowledge at all...... "Kicked her own woman again." "Don't get in yet!" Lying by the door and watching the strange three dolls, they beat their mothers, the eldest two were so frightened that they ran away without a trace, and the youngest nurse sat on the threshold, flattened his mouth and howled.

Seeing that the fifth brother raised his hand and wanted to hit his own doll, Shang Cheng grabbed two steps and picked up the doll with one hand, blocked the man's slap with one arm, and said, "Fifth brother, this is beating me." The fifth brother saw his son wipe the snot and tears on his face on Shang Cheng's clothes, he was shocked and scared, he was stopped by Shang Cheng with one hand and couldn't get over, he was so anxious that he turned around, and kept muttering: "How can this work!" How can this be! ”

Shang Cheng ignored him, stretched his sleeves to wipe away the snot and tears of the doll first, wanted to find a few copper coins to coax the child, and when he touched his waist, he remembered that the purse was still in the jacket on horseback, and then he touched his pocket, except for a few cotton handkerchiefs, and when he wanted to find Huo Shiqi to ask for a few, Bao Kan had already brought a string of snacks bought on the road. Shang Cheng stuffed the dim sum into the doll's hand, and took a string of copper coins and hung it around the doll's neck. The baby grabbed the snack and didn't let go, but she didn't dare to fill it into her mouth immediately, and her two dark eyes were only aimed at his father. Shang Cheng smiled and said to the nurse who had become a flower-faced cat: "Eat." This is something given by Uncle Monk, and your father can't stop you. ”

…… After walking for a long time, you can still see the fifth brother and five sisters-in-law standing at the door and looking around, and the three babies are still chattering and arguing over a snack.

Only then did Shang Cheng answer the question that Huo Shiqi asked him just now: "Zhongshan's daughter-in-law is in the car. But this is a bit tricky, and I'm coming back this time to ask you for an idea. As he spoke, he glanced at Huo Liu, who looked calm. He originally had a plan not to let Huo Shiqi know the details of the Yang family's daughter. But after thinking about it, Sun Zhongshan is going to get married next, and this matter cannot be without the help of Huo Shiqi and his family. In addition, it is impossible for the daughter of the Yang family to live in her own house for a day or two, if her origin is unknown, even if Huo Shiqi doesn't say it, the neighbors will definitely spread it. If it really spreads the wind and rain, no matter how calm Huo Seventeen is, he will come to the door to ask, not to mention Aunt Seventeen's Martian temper...... After thinking about it, he made up his mind, rather than waiting for the seventeenth uncle and his family to come and ask him, it was better for him to confess first. It just so happened that Huo Liu was also there, and the veteran of this public case might be able to help a little. After all, Huo Liu was just dragged down by the case and temporarily idle at home, which was different from Huo Shiqi, who had completely lost his job in the yamen. Yin said with a smile, "It just so happens that the sixth uncle is also there, let's help with the details." Seeing that there was no one on the road, he whispered about the two girls of the Yang family.

After Huo Shiqi heard what he said, he didn't speak in a hurry, and first glanced at Huo Liu, who was walking beside him. Huo Liu still had that smiling expression, as if he hadn't heard what Shang Cheng was saying at all, he looked at the gray courtyard at the end of the alley, and opened the topic and said, "That's the monk's new mansion over there?" It's pretty magnificent. ”

Huo Shiqi asked: "Zhongshan is now with your personal soldiers?" ”

"It's not." Shang Cheng was a little strange why he suddenly asked about this, but he still said truthfully, "He is the sentry commander of the border army, the deputy lieutenant of Renyong who has just been promoted, this person has studied before, and he was confiscated when he was young and ignorant and made mistakes, which is a pity to say." But people are very capable......"

Hearing Shang Cheng tell him about Sun Zhongshan's affairs, Huo Shiqi smiled and glanced at his sixth brother again, and said silently: "It's actually easy to set up a household registration, it depends on whether your sixth uncle is willing to help with this." Sixth brother, what do you see? The monk's brother is in trouble right now, so he is waiting for you, the minister, to come out and speak. ”

"How can I help the people who are eating at home now?" Huo Liu said. He glanced at Sun Zhongshan and the carriage again, as if he was making some decision, and then said: "But I have finally eaten the public meal for twenty years, although I am no longer in the Yamen, there are always two or three acquaintances in the six branches of the Yamen, and others may be able to sell me this old face a favor." But this thing is still a ** entanglement. He sighed.

Shang Cheng was already overjoyed when he heard Huo Liu's tone loosen, and hurriedly said: "Me and ......" He originally wanted to say that he was familiar with Qiao Zhun from Yi County, but the two brothers of the Huo family in front of him were life and death rivals with Qiao Zhun, and when the words came to his mouth, he retracted them, and said, "Uncle Six must have a way!" What do you say, do to get things done? It can be spent as much as you want! ”

Huo Liu instigated his lips and smiled lightly, and said, "It doesn't matter if you have money or not. Monk Yiyi, let me ask you something, what is the relationship between Captain Sun and you? Are you faithful? ”

Shang into a line. Isn't it just to get a household registration, how can it be related to Sun Zhongshan's loyalty to himself? However, he immediately understood that this was Huo Liu helping him "buy people's hearts". He was both grateful and amused in his heart, because he said: "Captain Sun has returned to our Huojiabao to get married, and the new house is set in my house, and he wants to invite me to be his main brother." ”

The two brothers of the Huo family glanced at each other, and each other's faces were full of surprise. Shang Cheng would marry Sun Zhongshan? It's a great closeness! What's more, it looks like Sun Zhongshan is much older than Shang Cheng, and when the younger brother marries the elder brother, this makes people feel that there must be something strange in it......

Huo Liu was still a little embarrassed, and said: "If I am still in charge of the six departments in the yamen, this matter is just a sentence." Now that I'm gone, I don't know if the tea soup is cold or not. Gritting his teeth, he stared at the imposing blue brick-to-top double corniced gatehouse in the merchant house that was getting closer and closer, as if he had made a lot of determination, and said in a low voice, "Let's go! This time, I'll take care of the monk! There is a ...... way," he said with a sudden frown, and a deep groan, "...... I'm afraid that Captain Sun is unwilling. ”

Shang Cheng beckoned Sun Zhongshan over: "Uncle Liu, there is a way to help your Dou'er set up a household registration!" He also said to Huo Liu, "If the sixth uncle has a way, he will say it, but he can't do it...... Speak up, and let's discuss it together. ”

Huo Liu swallowed his spit and said slowly: "The secretary of the Yamen Lihu Branch owes me a favor, if I come to the door to beg, he will probably be able to help me with this." But I'm worried that he will find an excuse to shirk it, I have an idea, if Captain Sun, and your daughter-in-law who hasn't passed through the door, you two don't think I'm a poor talent, just let your daughter-in-law recognize me as a godfather, and I'll set up a household registration for my daughter, no matter how difficult it is, they can't help it......."

Sun Zhongshan's square face was swollen red, where could he say the word "no", he nodded desperately like a chicken cutting rice.

Shang Cheng stood aside and pursed his lips and smiled, but he didn't say a word. He knew that without the relationship between relatives, Huo Liu could also handle things smoothly and smoothly Huo Liu was going around in circles and pulling a relationship with himself. But he didn't want to debunk it. He thought that with Huo Liu, the godfather and godfather-in-law, Sun Zhongshan and his family would have an extra place to move around, and the daughter of the Yang family would not be so lonely if she lived in Huojiabao.

However, he still didn't understand a little, since Huo Liu accepted a goddaughter, why didn't he accept a godgirl anymore? Even if you set up an extra household registration, it's just a matter of saying a few more words, right? It's a big deal to make two more money......

Before he could think about it, he had already seen the door of his house open with a loud bang, and Yue'er and Xing'er had already come out......