Chapter 36: The Second Son Returns Home
There is an inconspicuous village more than 100 miles away from Suzhou Mansion, at this time, there are dozens of big men patrolling outside the village, there are more than 10 hidden piles in the village, and there are hundreds of members of the Hongru Association gathered in the village, and in the ancestral hall at the core of the village, a few people are discussing what with a solemn face?
In the ancestral hall, Zhao Shengwu sat on a chair without saying a word, and next to him stood the man with a double knife at his waist, the girl in purple was telling what happened, and the big man in the strong suit and the twelve strong men were lying on the wooden stretcher in turn, and at this moment they were covered with bandages, and it seemed that they had been treated.
After listening to the purple-clothed girl's narration, Zhao Shengwu stroked his beard, sat on the Taishi's chair and thought about something, and after a while, he turned to look at the man next to him and asked, "With your cultivation, can you beat that monk?" ”
"I'm ashamed, although I can also injure these thirteen people, but I can't retreat, if I am allowed to fight against the thirteen of them, although I can defeat these thirteen people, but I myself will also be seriously injured, if the little purple girl did not exaggerate the monk's cultivation, I am afraid I am not the opponent of the monk." The man said calmly.
"I can't imagine that guy can recruit such a master of cultivation to protect himself, with that monk here, I'm afraid he won't be able to move that kid surnamed Liu in the future." With a sigh, Zhao Shengwu said helplessly: "This time we angered the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang County, in order to avoid the retaliation of the Chu family, let's avoid the limelight for the time being." ”
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"Master, madam, the second son is back."
In the evening of the next day, Liu Fan and Fazun returned to Yangzhou, and after entering the house, they happened to see Xiaocui washing clothes from the yard, and saw Liu Fan coming back, Xiaocui was surprised and hurriedly ran to the back house to report the good news to Liu Baiyuan and Guo Xiuyun.
Seeing that Liu Fan was safe and sound, Liu Baiyuan and his wife's hearts were all relaxed, these days, Liu Baiyuan ran to the prefect's yamen every day, but Xiang Tutuo only sent two fast catchers to search for Liu Fan symbolically, and then asked Liu Baiyuan to go home and wait for news, waiting for the results in the past few days, Liu Baiyuan and his wife can be said to be living like a year.
It has been several days in a row, and no news has been transmitted back from the prefect's yamen, just when Liu Baiyuan and his wife were anxious, Liu Fan actually returned to the mansion by himself, looking at Liu Fan who was unscathed, Guo Xiuyun kept praying and thanking the Bodhisattva, and after making sure that Liu Fan was safe and sound, Liu Baiyuan and his wife were completely relieved.
Calling Liu Fan into the living room, Liu Baiyuan asked him how he got out of danger? Facing his father's inquiry, Liu Fan thought about it, and then told the story of the incident, after listening to Liu Fan's experience, Liu Baiyuan looked at him in disbelief, he really couldn't believe that his second son would have this ability.
Got acquainted with the son of the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, wrote lyrics to defeat Xu Xiaofeng, the third-ranked scholar in Jiangsu and Zhejiang County, and Dou Shi defeated Bai Yutang, the second-ranked scholar in Jiangsu and Zhejiang County, this is not counting, he also solved the case of the famous ghost bride in Suzhou Prefecture, you know, even Liu Baiyuan heard about this case at the beginning.
In addition to these, Liu Fan even made a bet with the abbot Qihong, the host of Hanshan Temple, and also won the host of Qihong, which is a famous master in Jiangsu and Zhejiang County, if it weren't for seeing the Fazun monk behind Liu Fan, Liu Baiyuan couldn't believe that these things were done by Liu Fan, is this still his unlearned son?
But now he has to believe it, because Liu Fan has been doing nonsense in Yangzhou Mansion before, and has never set foot in Suzhou, since he can say the names of Qihong Host, Huizhen Monk, Yu Ning'er, He Qingming, Xu Xiaofeng, Bai Yutang, Zhu Zishan, Chunling and others, it means that he has really come into contact with these people.
Not only Liu Baiyuan was surprised, but even Guo Xiuyun and Xiaocui on the side were stunned by Liu Fan's narrated experience, Guo Xiuyun asked Fazun directly, and learned that Liu Fan did make a bet with Qihong and won Qihong, her face was full of surprise and relief, and Xiaocui's eyes were also full of admiration when she looked at Liu Fan.
Everyone chatted for a while, and Liu Baiyuan found that there were blood stains on the monk's robe, so he asked the reason? In this regard, Liu Fan did not hide it, he told the story of the Hongru Society sending people to intercept it from outside Suzhou City, and the fact that Fazun faced the fourteen masters of the Hongru Society alone in order to protect him.
Hearing that the people of the Hongru Society were unearthly thieves, and actually sent people to intercept Liu Fan from the official road outside Suzhou, Liu Baiyuan's face turned pale. Hearing that Fazun faced the fourteen masters alone in order to protect Liu Fan, he was immediately full of gratitude, if it weren't for Fazun's protection, I am afraid that Liu Fan would have to be taken back by the Hongru Society.
Seeing that Fazun's monk's clothes were already dirty, he immediately instructed Xiaocui to prepare a few new monk's clothes for Fazun to change into, and learned that Fazun would stay by Liu Fan's side to protect him for a year, Liu Baiyuan was very happy, although he had recently recruited a few more nurses, but those people could only embroider their legs, and they couldn't use it when they met bandits with real kung fu.
Thinking of this, Liu Baiyuan specially prepared three wings for Fazun, the location of the wings is close to Liu Fan and the back hall, his meaning is very simple, if there are any more people in the rivers and lakes to make trouble in the house, Fazun can immediately stand up and protect.
Hush Han asked for a warm chat, seeing that the sky was already dark, Liu Baiyuan asked Liu Fan and Fazun to wash up, and then went to the living room to eat, the whole family had a meal together, after speaking, he and Guo Xiuyun left, leaving Xiaocui to serve Liu Fan from here, as for Fazun, he was led by the housekeeper to the wing room not far away.
Knowing that Liu Fan had returned home safely, Mu Wanqiong, who lived in another side courtyard, suddenly stopped the account book in her hand, although she didn't like this little uncle, but now that Liu Fan was taken captive, as Liu Fan's sister-in-law, she had to come and take a look, so she ordered her maid Xiaoyue to prepare some supplements, and then came here to visit Liu Fan.
At this time, Liu Fan had just finished taking a shower and changed into new clothes, and when he heard Xiao Cui report that Mu Wanqiong was coming to visit him, Liu Fan immediately dressed up and came out to meet, after all, this is his sister-in-law, he must be respected, came to the living room, Liu Fan greeted Mu Wanqiong, and then asked Xiao Cui to make tea for her, and at this time, Mu Wanqiong asked Xiao Yue to give her a gift.
"I heard that the second brother escaped from the bandits, and he must have suffered a lot of grievances recently, you can leave these supplements, and let the kitchen make soup for you later." Mu Wanqiong said politely.
"I'm young enough to use these things, so I'd better send them to my father and mother." Speaking of this, Liu Fan suddenly noticed that Mu Wanqiong's expression was a little embarrassed, he immediately understood that something was wrong, and hurriedly explained: "Sister-in-law, don't get me wrong, I don't mean to dislike it, I just feel like I ......"
Speaking of this, Liu Fan suddenly felt that he was getting darker and darker, and helplessly showed a wry smile, and then he took all these supplements and said with a smile: "Forget it, my father and mother are not short of supplements, I still keep these things for myself, more sisters-in-law, I will let the kitchen stew later, and I promise to drink them all tonight." ”
Seeing Liu Fan's free and easy appearance, Mu Wanqiong was suddenly a little stunned, Liu Fan's expression and demeanor were a little like her deceased husband, once upon a time, she also held herbs for her husband to drink, and her husband's original actions were exactly the same as Liu Fan's actions at this time, looking at this scene Mu Wanqiong was a little stupid for a while.
"Ma'am?" Xiao Yue called out to Mu Wanqiong softly.
"Sister-in-law?" Liu Fan also shouted with a puzzled expression.
"Huh? Oh...... It's okay...... Well, since you're fine, I'll go back first. After coming back to her senses, Mu Wanqiong's cheeks were slightly red, and she left Liu Fan's residence with a shy face.
Seeing Mu Wanqiong leave her residence as if she had fled, Liu Fan couldn't help but scratch her head.
In the evening, the family sat in the back hall to eat, Liu Baiyuan was happy today, and specially asked the cook to make a few more tables of dishes, so that the maids in the house and the family members celebrated together, during the banquet, Mu Wanqiong inadvertently asked how Liu Fan escaped? And Liu Baiyuan proudly told everyone what happened, and everyone was stunned when they heard it.
Looking at Liu Baiyuan's expression when he recounted the experience, Xiao Yue suddenly had a sense of crisis, she looked at Liu Fan's modest and respectful expression, and a trace of jealousy and vigilance rose in her heart, when she saw that the surrounding families and nursing homes were all gathered around to praise Liu Fan, the expression on Xiao Yue's face was even more unhappy.
During the banquet, many people came over to toast, Liu Fan did not refuse, no matter what the identity of the other party was, he drank it all. Seeing Liu Fan's bold appearance, everyone praised one after another, thinking of Liu Fan's previous domineering, and then seeing Liu Fan's free and easy and humble at the moment, the whole Liu Mansion sighed, the second young master has really changed.
"Second son, when you were kidnapped by those green forest people before, we were really worried about death. Now that you've come back safely, I wonder how you feel about it? It was Xiao Yue who spoke, and he couldn't help but feel a little angry when he saw that everyone was respectful to Liu Fan, you know, Liu Fan had bullied them before.
Now Liu Fan is just polite on the surface, those people have forgotten their previous grievances, seeing all this, Xiaoyue decided to make Liu Fan ugly on the spot, so he said in public: "I just heard that the master said that you won Xu Xiaofeng and Bai Yutang when you participated in the Biwen Dou poem in Suzhou, we are all a little unbelievable, otherwise, you write a poem on the spot?" ”
"Satsuki, don't be rude."
As soon as Mu Wanqiong heard Xiao Yue's words, she understood what she was thinking, worried that Liu Fan would retaliate against Xiao Yue after being squeezed out of power, she hurriedly reprimanded Xiao Yue, hoping that Liu Fan would not be like Xiao Yue.
But before she finished speaking, Liu Fan stopped her with a smile; "Sister-in-law, don't blame her, the family sits and eats together, there is no need to be so formal, since Xiaoyue has made a request, then I will write a poem on the spot, and the right should be to help the fun."