Yang Chuncheng was flustered, hurriedly invited his wife into the inner room, told her what had happened, and showed her the three tokens drawn on the letterhead.

Mrs. was speechless for a long time, stunned for a while, and said with tears: "My lord, you have been upright all your life, and you refuse to bend your waist, and you have finally broken into a big disaster!" ”

Yang Chuncheng slapped himself a few times and cried: "It's all because I was stubborn and didn't listen to my wife's advice, so I had today's disaster!" ”

"So far, what's the use of talking about this, only to save one!" Madame cried, "It's not a pity for you and me to die, but pity the two children!" Yifang is still small, adults and Mr. Miaoren Zhai Su are righteous brothers, now there is no one in the middle of the night, you quickly send Yifang over and entrust it to him, Mr. Su will not sit idly by and save him! ”

Yang Chuncheng was in a state of turmoil, and when he heard this, he hurriedly said, "Yes, I'll send Lianpo over too!" ”

"You're so confused! Lianpo is not a child anymore, how do you let Mr. Su settle him? The lady cried, "There is a storm, will you even harm Mr. Su's family?" ”

"But I can't just watch my son suffer!" Yang Chuncheng argued.

Mrs. was about to speak, the door was gently pushed open, and her son Lianpo walked in with tears streaming down her face, and said, "Father, mother, don't fight, I heard what you said!" Hurry up and send my sister to Uncle Su, the child is not going anywhere, life and death are with you! ”

"Son, what nonsense are you talking about!" Yang Chuncheng reprimanded, "No matter what happens to Daddy, I won't let you suffer with me!" ”

"Dad, 'Under the nest, how can there be no eggs', why did you forget?" Lian Po said with tears in her eyes, "The old witch of the Empress Dowager Xi has made the Qing Kingdom into a miasma, and there is no distinction between demons and demons, who else will save us now!" ”

Yang Chuncheng heard that he was reasonable, and he was even more anxious, not knowing what to do.

"Father, mother, there was a chivalrous girl Xun Guanniang who moved to save her father, but the child didn't have this ability, so she had to accompany her father and mother to suffer together!" Lian Po said, "Even if our family dies, we will die together!" ”

When Yang Chuncheng heard this, he hugged him and cried, saying: "Son, just say this to you, my father will go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, and he will not let you and your mother suffer!" ”

Madame cried: "My lord, now is not the time to cry, the official errand will come at some point!" I'll pack up the clothes in Yifang immediately, you hurry up and change into a night coat, take a few silver tickets, and send the child to Mr. Su first, and I'll talk about Lianpo's affairs later! ”

Yang Chuncheng hurriedly agreed, wiped a handful of tears, told Lian Po to go out to prepare the horse, hurriedly went to the room to change into a night suit, put on a cloak, and went to the box to get two silver tickets of five hundred taels, but he was so anxious that he didn't know how to open his mouth to his friend Su Yinhuan.

Su Yinhuan is a famous doctor in the south of the Yangtze River, the name is Yunong, only one year younger than him, and opened a pharmacy "Miao Ren Zhai", which is very prosperous.

The two have known each other since childhood in a private school, and they are like siblings, although they later have different interests, one studies medicine and the other practices martial arts, and they still often come and go.

There is a year of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the two of them boating on the West Lake, drinking and admiring the moon, drinking to the place of interest, forgetting the form, then high-five, to imitate the ancients, after the marriage in the future, if the two children are boys, let the two become brothers, if they are daughters, they will become sisters, if they are a man and a woman, they will become husband and wife.

Yang Chuncheng married a wife at the age of twenty, gave birth to a son Lianpo in the second year, grew up with a generous temperament, he was satisfied, did not want to reach middle age, and added a daughter, named Yifang, now less than two years old, and his wife love like a treasure.

Although Su Yinhuan has been married for a long time, his wife has not given birth. In a blink of an eye, he was cold and discouraged, planning to marry a concubine to continue the incense, but he didn't expect his wife to be pregnant and give birth to a daughter.

When the Su Mansion held a full moon wedding banquet, Yang Chuncheng and his wife took the maid and hugged their daughter Yifang to congratulate them. Yifang giggled when she saw the baby Pei Yu in her swaddling clothes, dancing with her hands, very cute and cute.

Su Yinhuan remembered the high-five appointment back then, and said with a smile: "Brother Anguo, Yifang's little niece is so happy to see her sister, and they will definitely be like sisters in the future." ”

Everybody said, that's the best thing to do.

Unexpectedly, only a few months later, now that her daughter is about to lose her parents, she is entrusted to the Su family, and she has been sent under the fence since then.

He was in a state of grief, but the lady had already wrapped the child, carried him, tied it on his back, pulled over the cloak, stuffed him with a bag of clothes, and pushed him out of the house crying.

He was so miserable and frightened that he hurriedly went out with his package, and Lianpo just led the horse to the door, hurriedly stepped forward to uncover his cloak, cried and kissed his sister's little face, and whimpered.

Yang Chuncheng said with tears in his eyes: "Son, my sister is asleep, don't wake her up!" You and your mother are at home, and your father will send your sister over and come back immediately! ”

Lian Po cried and agreed, reluctantly put on her cloak and retreated to the side.

Yang Chuncheng flew on the horse, went out of the courtyard gate, trotted all the way, and came to Miaorenzhai, only to see four red gauze lanterns hanging high, the pharmacy had closed the door and put it on the board, and the door was deserted.

He tied his horse to a stone pillar and hurried forward to tap a corner door next to the pharmacy.

After a while, a man in his thirties came out with a lamp in his clothes, it was Su Yinhuan, who was surprised to see him dressed like this, and hurriedly invited him into the house, closed the corner door, and asked him what happened.

Yang Chuncheng was afraid that he would refuse, so he explained his intention while observing his face.

Who knew that after Su Yinhuan heard what he said, without thinking, he immediately asked him to untie the child, hugged him, and said: "Brother Anguo, once the dragon is angry, the four bodies are not thoughtful, this is the eternal truth of officialdom!" The matter has come to this point, I don't have anything to say, Yifang's niece will be handed over to me to raise in the future! What about Lianpo's nephew, why don't you bring it together? ”

"The insiders are afraid of affecting the house, so they don't dare to send it." Yang Chuncheng said worriedly.

"You guys are so confused, when has this been, and you can still be polite! Hurry up and bring the child, I'll figure it out! ”

Yang Chuncheng was grateful, hugged his fists and said, "Thank you, brother Xian!" ”

"What kind words do we have to say, I have three calamities and eight calamities, will you leave it alone?" Su Yinhuan said, "So far, what are your plans and your sister-in-law?" ”

"The king wants the minister to die, the minister has to die, what are the plans now! The great kindness of the virtuous brother, Anguo will repay it in the next life, and the dog and the little girl will be entrusted to you! Yang Chuncheng stuffed the two silver tickets in his hands, "The child's food and clothing, and the punishment and teaching in the future, please bother the virtuous brother and younger brother and sister from now on!" This is a thousand taels of silver tickets, although it is a drop in the bucket, please accept it! ”

Su Yinhuan pushed away the silver ticket and said anxiously: "What are you doing!" Now is the time to use the money, take it back and use it on the blade! ”

Yang Chuncheng hurriedly said: "Brother Xian, I have violated the rules of heaven, and I can't use any amount of money, you quickly accept it!" He stuffed the silver ticket hard.

"Brother Anguo, you are still a member of the officialdom!" Three years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver', in the Great Qing Kingdom, there are still things that silver can't do? Su Yinhuan said, "Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if you can't escape the death penalty, can you bear to let your sister-in-law become an official slave?" Isn't there still a way to 'ransom', how did you forget? ”

Yang Chuncheng's eyes lit up when he heard this. According to the Qing Dynasty, if an official commits a crime, as long as he pays enough ransom money, his family can indeed be exempted, but since he is guilty, he is afraid that he will not be able to redeem his wife with no amount of silver.

Su Yinhuan said: "The official errand hasn't arrived yet, you hurry up and send Lianpo's nephew over, think about the way to redeem it, as long as the person is okay, it is nothing more than silver suffering!" If the silver is not enough, call someone to come to me, and I will find a way! ”

Yang Chuncheng was grateful, patted him on the shoulder twice, bent down again, kissed his daughter with tears, hugged Su Yinhuan with a fist, and resolutely opened the door and left.

He hurriedly beat his horse and hurried back to the garrison, tied his horse to the general's pillar, ran into the inner room to take a look, and when he boarded the five thunders, his soul was scattered, and he saw that his wife had committed suicide by hanging from the beam, and Lianpo also killed himself with a sword, and fell in a pool of blood.

He wanted to cry loudly, but he was afraid of alarming the next person, so when he hurriedly stepped forward to see Lianpo, he was already out of breath, and hurriedly moved the stool, put the lady down, where was there still breath, and quickly put the two on the bed, swallowed and cried bitterly, only to feel that the world is miserable, nothing more.

He cried for a long time, suddenly turned his heart sideways, gritted his teeth and said: "Cixi, you have ruined Lao Tzu's family, what are you afraid of you doing?" To ask Lao Tzu to sit and wait for death is wishful thinking! Lao Tzu simply went into exile, even if it fell into the hands of the government one day, it would only be a death, which was better than being caught by you and beheaded! ”

He made up his mind, immediately found a shovel, went to dig a big pit in the back garden, took his wife and son out, put them in the pit, took a futon and covered them with a bedding, and hurriedly disturbed the earth and buried them.

He turned around and entered the house, and under his anger, he wanted to set fire to the garrison mansion, but he thought that the people in the family had already slept, and there must be many deaths and injuries in the fire.

He hurriedly put away the silver tickets, silver, and jewelry in the box, put a burden on his waist, pinched a dagger, and quietly left the garrison mansion.

He wanted to turn around and go to Miaorenzhai, tell Su Yinhuan the news of his wife and children's suicide, and bid farewell to him by the way, but he was afraid of being seen and causing a big disaster, so he had to dispel his mind, sneak through a few streets, evade the night patrol officers and soldiers, touch the head of Qingbo Gate, jump off the low wall, and escape from Hangzhou City.

He was at a loss, he didn't know where to hide, he hid here for a few days, and he always felt that it was not a way, and then remembered that the imperial court sent prisoners, except for Ningguta in the northeast, to the bitter cold land in the northwest, where the Gobi Desert was sparsely populated, and the government's defense was relaxed.

At this time, the leaves are pale, the white dew is frost, and the weather is gradually cold. He knew that in a few days, as soon as the court decree arrived, the scouts and cavalry would go out, and portraits would be posted in all parts of the city, and they would be wanted and arrested.

The next day, he went to a small town, bought a few packets of dry food and a few sets of winter clothes, bought a big horse to ride, fled westward for more than ten days, passed Huangshan and Anqing, and sure enough, he saw that large and small towns had posted his portraits, and they were investigated and arrested.

He didn't dare to travel during the day, so he had to travel day and night, picking up mountain roads to save his journey.

Not long after, entering the territory of Henan, he encountered several township group checks on the road, and he easily escaped, but he accidentally dropped a lot of silver, plus the local people were fierce, and there were many township groups, so we had to be careful and had to slow down.

The farther he went north, the colder the weather became, he slept in the open air, had to drink wine to keep out the cold, and gradually spent little money left, so he had to go to a landlord's house to rob, robbed two hundred taels of silver, and went all the way north.

Later, after Shaanxi, into Gansu, only to see the yellow sand rolling, the long road is long, a desolate scene, in the south of the Yangtze River He has ever seen.

He fled all the way, and spent all the money he had stolen, and when he entered Fuzhou County, he even sold his horse, his clothes were ragged and unkempt, and he was left with only a wine gourd, like a beggar.

In the afternoon of this day, he arrived outside the county town of Fuzhou, and saw a few soldiers from a distance to check the passers-by, but he did not dare to go over, and saw that there were more than a dozen abandoned tile kilns in the grass outside the city, so he had to go into a kiln well to avoid the wind and cold, and wait until it was dark to make up his mind.

The cold winter weather, it was dark in a blink of an eye, only to hear the sound of firecrackers in the distance, endlessly, from time to time there are children on the road to set off firecrackers, chase and play, shouting: "New Year, New Year!" ”

Yang Chuncheng was taken aback, only to know that today is the Chinese New Year's Eve, thinking of the family reunion in previous years, how lively, now the family is broken, the end of the world, countless desolations welled up in his heart, and his eyes were red when he boarded.

After a while, a cold wind blew in the night sky, and heavy snow was raised, and it was like sprinkling salt, and it was white far and near.

He sat in the abandoned kiln, so cold that his teeth trembled, and when he heard that the outside was gradually quieting down, he hurriedly climbed out of the kiln well to see that the city gate was closed, and there were four dimly lit lanterns hanging on the city tower, and there were no soldiers on duty, and he couldn't help but think: "The weather is very cold, why don't I go into the city and buy a bowl of wine to drink to warm my body?" Although I knew it was too risky, as soon as this thought came to my mind, it was like a gourd coming to the surface, and I couldn't press it anymore.

He touched his body, only two coins of broken silver remained, hesitated for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth, climbed out of the deserted kiln, hugged the gourd, hurriedly ran to the city gate, saw that there was no one around, and hurriedly used the light work of the travel wall, climbed the city wall, and ran into the county seat from the city tower in the dark.

At this time, the city was pitch black, only a few lanterns hung on both sides of the street, there was an occasional burst of laughter in the house, and from time to time there were children setting off firecrackers in the street, and there was not a single pedestrian.

He held the gourd, walked cautiously through two or three streets, and finally found a cooked butcher shop, in which an oil lamp was lit, and a pot of steaming beef was boiling on the stove, and only a twenty-four-five-year-old man guarded the shop, which was very deserted.

He hurriedly stepped forward, took out the piece of broken silver, and instructed the men to cut two catties of cooked beef, wrap it in cooked paper, and make a gourd of wine.

The guy took the silver, looked him up and down with a pair of bright eyes, and said with a smile: "Big brother is a foreigner, right?" ”

He nodded, not saying a word.

The guy said: "The weather is wickedly cold, and there is a fire burning inside, so why don't you come in and drink wine and eat meat, and warm up your body!" As he spoke, he gestured to one of the huts inside.

He craned his neck to see that there was an oil lamp in the room, and sure enough, there was an iron stove, and a large steamer was placed on the stove, which was steaming and very warm.

He hesitated, then thanked his man, went into the hut and sat down, stretched out his hand to the fire, only to feel that the room was full of spring, and his four bodies were comfortable, and he thought: "This is the life of a man, I haven't been so comfortable for a long time!" ”

After a while, the man brought a plate of beef and a bowl of wine, and put them on the stove.

He devoured it, ate most of a plate of cooked beef in two bites, picked up the wine bowl and threw it up, and asked the man to make another bowl of wine.

The man agreed, and brought another bowl of wine, which he put on the iron stove.

He was swept away, ate all the cooked beef in a few times, picked up the bowl and was about to drink, suddenly dizzy, the sky was spinning, and he hurriedly looked back, only to see the guy with his hands in his arms, leaning against the door, looking at him and sneering.

Surprised, he hurriedly drew his dagger, and was just about to stand up, when it suddenly became dark in front of him, and he fainted on the ground, and he didn't know what to do.

I don't know how long it took, he woke up slowly, only to feel that his body was warm, his body was warm, and when he slowly opened his eyes, he was lying on a bed, and there was an oil lamp on the bedside, which turned out to be a simple room.

He only felt a faint pain in his two temples, stretched out his hand and pressed it twice, and suddenly remembered that he was drinking and eating meat in the deli shop, fainting by the iron stove, and remembering the man's sad sneer, he couldn't help but be taken aback, turned over and sat up, and touched the dagger on his waist, but it was gone, and when he looked around, he put it next to the pillow.

He didn't know what this place was, so he didn't have time to think about it, so he grabbed the dagger, turned over and got out of bed, and when he ran out of the room barefoot, he saw a guest room outside, with tables and chairs, and a brazier under a large table.

He hurriedly ran to the window, opened the curtain, poked a hole in the window paper, and when he looked out, it was pitch black in the distance, and the snowflakes fell in front of the window paper, quietly.

He hurriedly turned back, put on broken shoes and socks, ran out and pulled the door, who knew that the sound of "bang", the outside was locked, I couldn't help but be shocked, I was about to break the door, suddenly saw a slight red light on the window lattice, there was a noise outside, and when I quickly listened to it, it turned out to be "creak", "creak" footsteps, someone stepped on the snow and came over.

He hurriedly looked through the broken window paper, it was a slender man, with a lantern in his left hand and a big black box in his right hand, striding over in the wind and snow, and he didn't know who it was.

He was taken aback, and when he hurriedly approached the paper cave to look, he saw that the man was wearing a red tasseled warm hat, a blue silk official uniform, and a simple knife hanging from his waist, and he turned out to be a military attaché, but the lantern was obscure, and there were snowflakes flying in front of the paper hole, so he couldn't see the person's appearance clearly.

He was so shocked that he hurriedly grabbed his dagger and stood behind the door.

I heard the man walk to the door, pause, as if he had put something on the ground, and take out the key to unlock it, making a "clang" sound.

He quietly stretched out his right hand, grabbed the handle of the door, heard the man lower the iron lock, slammed the door open, and with a wave of the dagger in his right hand, he stabbed the man in the door, and slapped his left hand on the man's chest, trying to catch him off guard, so that he could flee in confusion.

Who knew that the man's body was very fast, seeing that he made two moves together, attacking the vital point, his body suddenly leaned back, and slid straight out, and in a blink of an eye, he had slipped two feet away, stood firmly, and the lantern in his hand did not move at all, very chic and calm.

Yang Chuncheng didn't expect that in this remote small county, there would be such a hard hand, he was shocked, where did he dare to be lazy, and hurriedly used his housekeeping skills to rush up, and the tiger was full of snowflakes.

The man carried a lantern, avoided left and right, and was agile, but he didn't fight him, but just held the way steadily, not letting him escape.

Yang Chuncheng attacked dozens of moves in a row, but he couldn't fight him, his heart was anxious, and he shouted: "Who is the foot, what do you want to do!" ”

When the man heard this, he stepped aside lightly, laughed, and said, "Brother Anguo, do you still recognize me?" ”

When Yang Chuncheng hurriedly looked, he saw that this person was handsome and well-mannered, wearing a red tassel warm hat, wearing an eight-grade military attache Xiong Zhen supplement uniform, and his eyebrows revealed a chic and refined atmosphere, who was not Zheng Yixia?

His eyes widened in surprise and he shouted, "Brother Xian, is that you?" How did you end up here? I hurriedly stepped forward to meet him, and I thought it was a dream.

Zheng Yixia threw the lantern to the ground, stepped forward to hug him, and laughed: "Brother Anguo, our brothers have been absent for eight years, I didn't expect to meet here!" Just now, the younger brother wanted to see the skills of the brother, so he tried it, the brother was really majestic! ”

Yang Chuncheng saw that he didn't think he was dirty, his heart was hot, and he hugged him tightly, and said, "Let the virtuous brother laugh!" Why are you here, I'm not dreaming, am I? ”

"Little brother also dreamed that he would meet Brother Tai here!" Zheng Yixia smiled, "How long have you been awake, does your head still hurt?" ”

Yang Chuncheng smiled bitterly: "I'm ashamed, I accidentally fell into the hands of a thief, but fortunately, it's not a big deal, and I just woke up." ”

"The human heart is sinister, as long as it's okay! Let's go into the house and talk while drinking. Zheng Yixia picked up the lantern, walked to the door of the house, and lifted a box, which turned out to be a food box.

Zheng Yixia took him into the house, closed the door, lifted a chair, invited him to sit down, pulled out the brazier from under the table, pulled out the charcoal ash with tongs, revealing a few pieces of red charcoal, and then pushed the brazier back under the table.

Zheng Yixia fetched water to wash his face and hands, found a set of clean clothes for him to change, asked him to sit down at the table, and then uncovered the food box, and said with a smile: "Today's Chinese New Year's Eve, the garrison Yamen kills pigs and sheep, and the brothers in the labor camp, these dishes have not been touched, I just brought them back, our brothers drink and talk." As he spoke, he brought out more than a dozen steaming dishes and placed them on the table.

He took out another jar, patted open the mud seal, poured two bowls full of wine, picked up the wine bowl with both hands and said: "Brother Anguo, our brothers haven't seen each other for eight years, but I didn't expect that in the Chinese New Year's Eve of the new year, we met in this bitter cold place in the northwest, which is really a lifelong adventure!" Come, little brother salute you a bowl, congratulations on getting out of trouble! ”

Yang Chuncheng picked up the wine bowl, drank it all, and hurriedly asked, "Brother Xian, aren't you on an errand in the palace, why did you come here?" ”

Zheng Yixia picked up the wine jar and poured him wine, while saying with a smile: "This is called the will of heaven, you must let Brother An Guo fall into my hands!" ”