Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Return of the Hero
I saw the gongs and drums on the Xijindu Wharf, there was a lion dance troupe, and a long dragon dance performance, in other words, Kang Damao has lived in Zhenjiang Mansion for so long, Zhenjiang Mansion has never been so lively before, is it just to welcome this new prefect? I don't see anything good about this person!
Thinking like this, Kang Damao deliberately glanced back at the prefect just now, Liu Shanzu also pushed away the crowd and squeezed to the bow of the boat at this time, he was a little shocked to see such a lively scene on the dock, and the next moment, he ordered his entourage Ah Fu to take out the official uniform he brought, and changed his clothes on the spot on the boat, he had only been wearing civilian clothes before, just wanted to enter Zhenjiang Mansion to inspect the people's situation first, but he didn't expect the people of Zhenjiang Mansion to greet him so ceremoniously, such a grand scene naturally can't be lazy.
"You were too presumptuous just now, but this mansion is happy to return to his hometown today, so I won't worry about you as a junior." Liu Shanzu said to Kang Damao next to him while changing his clothes, and he seemed to be in a good mood.
Cut! The prefect is just a big official? Doesn t this guy know how the previous prefect fell off the horse, the water in Zhenjiang Mansion is deep, Kang Damao raised his eyes and looked at the sky and thought disdainfully.
"Haha! The people of Zhenjiang Mansion are really enthusiastic, Ah Fu, you remember to finish the welcoming ceremony later, find a few representatives of the people to sit in the mansion, and the mansion should have a good chat with them. Liu Shanzu dressed up in the official mansion and stood on the bow of the boat, holding his chest and said loudly, at this time his official authority was undoubtedly revealed.
"Okay, my lord, I've got it down." After Ah Fu finished speaking, he took a few steps forward and brutally pulled Kang Damao behind him.
Kang Damao shook his head and didn't want to meet him in general, at this time the boat was about to dock, standing on the boat, he could clearly see that there was a banner on the shore, and the banner read: Warmly welcome the hero home!
At this time, Kang Damao could already see that it was Erhu and Abao who led people to greet him on the dock, they waved desperately at him, and the people also waved, Kang Damao was a little curious, could it be that these people were all here to greet him? The bright red characters of "Warmly welcome the heroes home" warmed Kang Damao's heart in the cold winter wind.
In fact, there were not so many people at the Xijindu Wharf in Zhenjiang Prefecture, and it was only Erhu and Abao who brought their own maids, grain farms and porcelain shops to greet Kang Damao, but they didn't expect more and more people to come when they heard the news, and finally it became a gong and drum to greet them.
Today's Zhenjiang Mansion is already thousands of empty alleys, all gathered on the wharf, such a grand scene, or the first time, this is the people of Zhenjiang Mansion, they received Kang Damao's life-saving grace that will never be forgotten.
The boat has docked, the new prefect Liu Shanzu has taken the lead to get off the boat, he swaggered in front of the waiting for the worship of the people, and Ah Fu behind him walked flutteringly and also lifted up to the sky.
It's just that at this time, a strange scene appeared, all the people did not take care of the prefect at all, but all looked at Kang Damao on the ship, and some people thought that Kang Damao risked his life to transport grain into Zhenjiang Mansion that night.
"Kang Damao! Kang Damao! Kang Damao! ”
I don't know who shouted, the people on the wharf all shouted in response, the high-pitched shouts shook the river and the river was trembling, and the people on the boat felt this shock, they all looked at Kang Damao, it turned out that this young man was Kang Damao who saved the people from fire and water, he was the life-saving benefactor of the people of Zhenjiang Mansion!
Looking at Kang Damao's back, at this time, the image of this young man in their hearts immediately became taller, and the few people who had mocked and attacked Kang Damao on the boat before lowered their heads, ashamed, because they were also the people who had received Kang Damao's relief at the beginning.
Kang Damao jumped off the boat and hugged Erhu and Abao enthusiastically, and walked towards the Kang family's mansion in Zhenjiang Mansion surrounded by the people next to him.
When passing by the new prefect Liu Shanzu, he inadvertently turned his head and glanced at it, only to see that Liu Shanzu's face was flushed with shame, Kang Damao didn't pay attention to it, the people's eyes were bright, this was completely a slap in the face, Kang Damao still said that sentence in his heart, the water in Zhenjiang Mansion is deep, and the water can carry the boat and overturn the boat, Lord Liu, you still have more things to do.
Liu Shanzu's face was hot and painful at this time, as if he had been slapped hard, he stood there embarrassedly and muffled without saying a word, he just wanted to push everyone away at the moment and hurry back to Zhenjiang Mansion.
At this time, Shen Yuhai and Huang He walked up respectfully, they warmly greeted the new prefect Liu Shanzu, although there were not many people coming, but they finally saved Liu Shanzu's face, Liu Shanzu was naturally impressed by the two people who came out in time to relieve the siege.
"Who is that man? Is it famous in Zhenjiang Province? Prefect Liu Shanzu asked.
"It's just a junior who doesn't know what to do, and adults don't have to take it to heart."
"Before the embankment of Zhenjiang Mansion burst, this guy made a fortune and made a lot of benefits from it, and these ignorant people still support him so much, it's really ridiculous."
Obviously, Shen Yuhai and Huang He sneered at Kang Damao, and the matter completely changed when they came out of their mouths, which simply turned black into white, and Kang Damao would have to vomit blood if he heard it.
It's just that the new prefect Liu Shanzu naturally didn't know when he first arrived, and he naturally listened to the words of the two, and his impression of Kang Damao was even worse, and he even planned to do the first thing he did when he took office was to check how much ill-gotten wealth this Kang Damao had made.
As soon as the welcome ceremony was explained, Shen Luojun's boat stopped on the shore, and Shen Yuhai didn't see his daughter for many days, so he followed her daughter home happily.
When he got home, Shen Luojun didn't have time to rest, so he reported the situation of the Shen family in the porcelain shop in Yaowan Town to his father, Shen Yuhai heard that his daughter's store made a lot of money, he was very pleased, although his son was no longer there, fortunately, he still had a sensible and capable daughter, and he could be regarded as a helper.
After reporting the business, Shen Yuhai hurriedly asked his daughter to go back to the room to wash and rest, and asked his subordinates to make a table of good dishes for his daughter Shen Luojun to catch the wind and wash the dust, Shen Yuhai had never asked his daughter about his daughter's business in Yaowan Town before, just to train his daughter, and now it seems that he really did the right thing. However, this also happened to give Shen Luojun and Kang Damao a chance to get along.
Kang Damao sat in the hall of Kangfu and listened to the business reports of the grain village and the porcelain shop by the shopkeeper Sun and A Bao respectively, it turned out that during the time they left, the grain village and the Kangjing Shengshi porcelain shop were squeezed out by Huang He and Shen Yuhai, but fortunately they gritted their teeth and survived.
At this point, Kang Damao can be regarded as a real recognition of Abao's ability, it seems that this kid has been able to take charge of himself, Xiaohua handed over the porcelain shop to Abao this time is the right decision, he himself is not wrong, now is an important period of business expansion, it is very important to discover the talents around him.
Then Kang Damao led the shopkeeper Sun to inspect the grain warehouse, but accidentally found a human skin mask, which was inadvertently found by the warehouse duty guy in the back of the warehouse, which was crumpled into a ball and thrown on the grass, this guy felt that this thing was elastic and interesting to bring back and wash it, but unexpectedly found that this thing turned out to be a human face, so several guys tried it on a person's face, this did not try not to know a try to start, the guy put on a human skin mask and became the appearance of the young owner, this frightened a few people, and they didn't dare to say anything, and they kept this secret silently, even the shopkeeper Sun didn't know.
No, as soon as Kang Damao came to inspect them, he reported the situation to Kang Damao.
Kang Damao held the human skin mask in his hand, and asked the guy to paste the mask on his face, sure enough, it was almost exactly the same as him, it was difficult to find the clues if he didn't distinguish carefully, if this person deliberately imitated his movements and words, it would really be fake.
Thinking of this, Kang Damao suddenly felt his scalp tingle, and he instantly thought of everything that happened in the warehouse, Shen Luojun was kidnapped, and he insisted that he was trying to rape her, which means that she really saw herself, and what she saw at the beginning was this fake Kang Damao with a human skin mask. I couldn't figure it out before, but now everything has come to light, it turns out that someone deliberately framed him, except for those Dongying ninja Kang Damao, I really can't imagine anyone else who would use such a despicable and dirty means.
Kang Damao clenched his fists tightly, he had written down all the new and old hatreds, and one day he would make these Dongying Japanese robbers pay for their blood debts.
Then Kang Damao rewarded these warehouse guys with one hundred taels of silver each, which is Kang Damao's meritorious reward, these guys were overjoyed, a full hundred taels of silver, which is their wages for several years. The silver was cashed on the spot, and several people who received the silver thanked Kang Damao for their kindness, but no one took the silver and resigned, knowing that the gratitude is the basic character of a person with a conscience, not only did they not move any resignation thoughts, but they strengthened their determination to follow Kang Damao, where to find such a good boss in these years.
After dealing with the affairs of the warehouse, Kang Damao took the human skin mask into his arms and left, before leaving, he specially instructed several guys to keep their mouths shut about this matter, he didn't want to startle the snake now, so that the other party had a guard.
The next day, Kang Damao bought a basket of sacrifices and paper money and went up to Zhaoyin Mountain alone, the tomb of the eldest brother was built at the foot of Zhaoyin Mountain, the New Year is almost time to give the eldest brother a grave, can not let the eldest brother alone over there too lonely, this is also Luohe before leaving his father and mother specially instructed things, even if his parents do not mention him will go to worship the eldest brother.
The parents originally intended to move the eldest brother's grave back to Luohe, but Kang Damao refused, and Kang Damao wanted to protect the eldest brother all the time, so that the eldest brother could watch him catch his murderer.