The surname of the person is Sun, named Sun Tingheng, a member of the Sun family, but in the early years, he had been in business in western Fujian, so he was proficient in Western Fujian. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The Sun family is a big family, and the generations are very clear, and a side branch like Sun Tingheng, even if it is a person with the same surname, must call the adult men in each room of the main family as "master".

Shen Xi roughly asked and knew what was going on.

The Sun family was targeted by the Guangdong political envoy Yamen, and the people and goods were seized, and now it has been more than half a year, and the goods have naturally been empty of bamboo baskets, and it is especially worrying that people are still being detained and cannot be redeemed, and the Sun family has spent thousands of taels of silver before and after.

Shen Xi thought to himself: "I didn't expect that in a small place like Wuzhou Mansion, there is a big family like the Sun family that can use thousands of taels of silver to dredge. ”

Sun Tingheng said earnestly: "Lord Governor, you are in a high position in the court, and you are dredged up for my master, I don't know if it's good?" The Sun family must be grateful, the villain is here to kowtow to you. ”

After speaking, he knelt down and kowtowed.

Shen Xi didn't step forward to help, but just smiled reservedly, and said: "Your Excellency also looks up to this official too much, and you must have seen the yamen of this official, so dilapidated, do you think this official is qualified to send the people of the yamen of the feudal division?" ”

"However, you are always the ...... of the official"

After all, Sun Tingheng has always lived in a small place, and he doesn't know much about officialdom.

Of course, it is impossible for the people of the Sun family to know that most of the months ago, when the political envoy Si Yamen was in Fujian, even a political envoy from the second rank was pulled down by Shen Xi and "committed suicide in fear of crime". Shen Xi's yamen is small, but his power is the largest in Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi.

Shen Xi smiled and said nothing, but Tang Yin pulled his clothes and said, "My lord, why don't you ...... Let's take a look? This superintendent cares the backyard of the yamen, which is really not used to living. ”

Sun Tingheng seemed to be reminded, got up from the ground, and said diligently: "Lord Governor, the second master of my family has opened a courtyard, just wait for you to go over and ......settle down."

Looking at Tang Yin and Sun Tingheng's eager gazes, Shen Xi touched the itchy rash on his body, and finally nodded: "Then the official will move over and discuss this matter carefully." ”

It's rare for someone to invite, it's really hot for Shen Xi in the past two days, the bedroom of the Governor Yamen has not been inhabited all year round, and those entourages of Shen Xi need to take care of the huge courtyard, where can I take care of Shen Xi's room? Shen Xi lived in a musty room and was miserable, and this time he happened to go out to "corrupt" once.

Since you have invited me, you should always arrange it in a luxurious way, and you don't need to be beautiful, but the scenery such as wine and food and pavilions are indispensable.

Shen Xi was going to Sun's house, and in addition to Tang Yin, there were two brothers from the Che Ma Gang, and the rest of the entourage had to stay behind to take care of the Governor Yamen.

When they got outside, the Sun family specially prepared a carriage to pick it up, but the carriage was very simple, and the carriage was just four bamboo poles to support a rain cloth, which was ventilated everywhere.

"No need, the official just rides a horse."

Shen Xi didn't want to take the Sun family's carriage to the meeting, he couldn't fully trust the Sun family now, and he rode a horse by himself, if there was danger, it would be convenient to slip up.

The Sun family has been taking root in Cangwu County for a long time, and they know that the security in the city is not good, and those entourages are actually holding sticks, but they were all on the ground before, and Shen Xi didn't see it.

After walking for about two quarters of an hour, I almost crossed the opposite city, from the south of the city to the north of the city, and only then arrived at the courtyard prepared by the Sun family for Shen Xi. Sun Tingheng said: "Lord Governor, please come in, the maid and the subordinates inside are ready-made, you just have to rest, and the villain will inform the second master." ”

Shen Xi dismounted, and under the guidance of the servants of the Sun family, he entered the gate.

Shen Xi looked up and couldn't help but be a little disappointed...... This is also a fucking human habitation?

To say that the courtyard of the southern big family is basically in the nature of an earthen fort, just like the tulou of the Hakka people, which is mostly built to prevent the attack of local rebel forces and bandits.

The biggest advantage of this kind of tulou is that it is highly defensive, and the wall is very high and thick, just like a city, entering the door, closing the door, and it is difficult to attack from the outside.

Shen Xi has read the local county chronicles, and knows that in the first few years there was a border rebellion in Wuzhou Mansion, and the rebels once broke through Cangwu County, and the city was looted.

There is no main hall at all, a circular building, with a courtyard in the middle, surrounded on all sides like a school building, without corridors, and a ladder connects the various floors, rooms and houses.

There are two ancient wells in the courtyard, so that even if the tulou is surrounded, as long as there is enough food stored in it, it can hold on for several months or even a year or two.

Enter a room on the first floor near the patio, which is elegantly furnished, each room is a bedroom, fully furnished, tables, chairs and benches are new, the bedding is muslin, very clean, the only pity is that there is no window, giving people a very depressing feeling.

Shen Xi thought to himself, living here is the same as going to prison, it's not as good as my mansion.

There were candlesticks on the table, and oil lamps on the walls around it lit up the room.

As soon as Shen Xi sat down, he asked the girl to bring tea in, but he didn't dare to compliment him when he looked at the appearance of the collapsed nose and small eyes, but fortunately, it was a Hakka accent: "Master, use tea." ”

It's rare to understand, Shen Xi smiled and nodded, which made the girl a little shy, and turned around with a saucer and walked out of the room quickly.

Tang Yin had a narrow smile on his face: "Shen Zhongcheng, it won't be that I have taken a fancy to you, right?" ”

Shen Xi said: "Brother Bohu, there is a family and a room below, this joke can't be made." ”

Speaking of "having a family and a room", Tang Yin's expression darkened. He and his wife were separated not long ago, and now he is alone. It's a pity that he is known as a merry and talented man, but he doesn't even have a child, and his ancestral property is also cleaned by him, although he is a lifter, but he has cut off the way to the imperial examination, and now people see him as if they have seen a bad star, except for a few close friends, no one wants to be close to him. He couldn't even teach people because no one wanted to be a student of a cheater in the imperial examination.

"Go down and pick a room next door, and you'll sleep." Tang Yin had already drunk too much, but at this time, Shen Xi mentioned the sad thing again, and he went out.

Not long after, Shen Xi was about to take people back to the Governor's Yamen, when the door reopened, but it was Sun Tingheng who came with the second master of the Sun family.

The second master of the Sun family, who is also in his forties, is not tall, but he looks much richer, and as soon as he came in, he knelt down and saluted Shen Xi: "The grass people knock to see the adults." ”

"Just get up and talk." Shen Xi raised his hand and said.

"Thank you, sir."

The second master of the Sun family stood up, waited to see Shen Xi's age clearly, and then saw Shen Xi's civilian clothes, his expression was slightly stagnant, and he looked a little disappointed. He usually sees those who are officials, all of them are dressed in majestic official uniforms, and everywhere he goes, a group of officials open the way, beating gongs and drums, and he can't wait for everyone in the world to know that he is an official, full of style, Shen Xi looks very "shabby" at this look. In terms of age, Shen Xi is just a young man, and he lacks momentum at all.

The second master of the Sun family first reported his name, he was also a court character, called Sun Tingyun, and when he came up, it was like pouring bitter water, basically repeating what Sun Tingheng said before.

Shen Xi didn't finish hearing what he said, waved his hand to stop him from continuing, and said, "Your Excellency, what do you want this official to do?" ”

Sun Tingyun hesitated: "The grass people want to ...... The adults dredged up with the people in the domain. ”

"Dredging?"

Shen Xi smiled and asked, "Are you talking in the vernacular?" ”

Sun Tingyun is in business after all, and he is used to dealing with the government, so he quickly asked Sun Tingheng to bring over a cash box, open it, and say, "Lord Governor, there are twenty taels of silver in here." ”

For ordinary people, twenty taels of silver at a time is not a small amount, but your Sun family, a local wealthy gentry, said that they were preparing another courtyard for me, and as a result, they took me to this kind of broken courtyard that did not see the light of day, and it was embarrassing to say that this place was more comfortable than the governor's yamen? Give me twenty taels of silver now and let me help you dredge it, it's obviously despising me!

You spent no less than a thousand taels of silver to dredge up the relationship before, and the Sun family suddenly became poor?

Shen Xi didn't mind doing the Sun family a small favor while inquiring about the reality of the place, but now it seems that the Sun family didn't take him too seriously, so it is estimated that the Sun family also concealed the grudge between the Sun family and the political envoy Si Yamen...... If you can't even get the right information, what's the point of helping?

"Take the money back." Shen Xi waved his hand and said, "This official doesn't bother much. When I go back, I will repair the book and go to Guangzhou Mansion, and that's all the official can help. Leave. ”

After Shen Xi finished speaking, he went next door and asked Tang Bohu to go back to the Yamen to supervise the yamen.

He is not used to living in a dilapidated courtyard, but he is not used to living in this kind of tulou, the yamen is an official prefix, even if there are any bandits, they dare not easily disturb, but living in this ghost place is not necessarily, if the robbers fancy the Sun family's money and kill the door, is not to be a dead ghost?

Waiting for Shen Xi to pull Tang Yin up and stuff the carriage outside, Tang Yin still muttered freely: "Shen Zhongcheng, this place is actually good, there will be no rats at night, and if you light wormwood, there will be a lot fewer mosquitoes." ”

Shen Xi said angrily: "There is a lack of wormwood in the yamen? There were rats in the first two days, but the rat hole has been blocked in the past two days, so it's been quiet for a long time, okay? ”

After all, Tang Yin was "working" with Shen Xi, and Shen Xi couldn't stay, so he had no choice but to obediently take a carriage back to the Governor's Yamen with Shen Xi.

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On June 29, Xie Yun'er and his entourage arrived in Wuzhou, but Shen Mingjun and his wife did not come with the big team, because the Shen family was splitting up, and Shen Mingjun and his wife were handling affairs at home and would not go to Wuzhou for the time being.

Xie Yun'er, Lin Dai, Xie Hengnu, Yin Wen and Lu Xi'er also took a carriage, Xie Yun'er and Lin Dai suffered the most from the bumps in the past two years, but they also adapted, although Yin Wen and Lu Xi'er complained bitterly, they still gritted their teeth and persevered. If you want to say the hardest, you have to count Xie Hengnu, who has never been far away since he was a child in Beijing.

The journey from Jingshi to the canal was smooth, and later he took a boat, accompanied by his father-in-law, and Xie Hengnu's situation was better at that time. But after the separation in Nanjing, Xie Hengnu was lonely and helpless, the road was changed by boat and car, the mountain road was rugged, especially in Tingzhou for a period of time to set off again, and the boat from Tingjiang to the south went south in Shanghang and landed on the shore to Wuzhou Mansion, along the way over the mountains and mountains, which made her miserable.

"Seventh Brother ......"

When Xie Hengnu saw Shen Xi, her eyes were full of tears, if she hadn't been in front of people, she might have hugged Shen Xi and cried bitterly.

Xiao Nizi can't even walk steadily, obviously there are blisters on the soles of her feet, because of the official road in Lingnan, many places are inconvenient to drive, so she can only get down and walk, Xiao Nizi has never suffered this kind of hardship.

Finally looking forward to the family coming over, Shen Xi was very happy, and asked people to clean up the governor's yamen a long time ago, and asked Xie Yun'er to help Zhang Luo first, and then he accompanied Xie Hengnu into the room.

At this time, Xiao Nizi finally couldn't help it, leaned on Shen Xi's arms and whimpered.

"Jun'er, do you regret coming out with me?" Shen Xi was a little distressed.

"Nope." Xie Hengnu's eyes were clear, "It's just that the seventh brother is not here, I ...... I was a little scared to sleep at night. What a wolf......"

At this time, the south has not been thoroughly developed, there are many wolves in those wilderness, and most of the post stations in Lingnan are leaning on the mountains, and the wolf howl can often be heard when resting at night.

"Okay, okay, isn't that enough? If we don't separate in the future, I will love you well. Shen Xi pinched Xie Hengnu's Yao nose and said.

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