Shen Xi woke up, Hui Niang was still asleep leaning on him, I don't know when Hui Niang had draped the clothes on his body, no matter what happened, Shen Xi still felt dizzy when he got up...... Wear wet clothes to sleep, and it is inevitable that you will feel unwell when you wake up.

Putting the clothes back on Hui Niang, Shen Xi came out of the cabin, it was close to noon at this time, but the boat had not yet returned to the capital city of Tingzhou.

In those days, there were no engines, so boats could only be rowed by sails and manpower, and the speed of the boats seemed to be extremely slow.

"Shen Gongzi, how did you sleep last night?" On the official ship in front, Jiang Liwei was watching the scenery on the deck, and when he saw Shen Xi, he couldn't help but ask with a smile.

"It's okay." Shen Xi replied.

Jiang Liwei smiled and reminded kindly: "It seems that Shen Gongzi seems to be sick, and he needs to take care of himself after he goes back." You don't have to worry about your family, I have sent someone to report to Changting County...... Or when we go back, An Rusheng has already subdued the Fa. ”

Shen Xixin said, it would be good if it was so smooth, the trapped beast was still fighting, let alone a character like An Rusheng? If An Rusheng knew that the matter was revealed because of him, would he be able to let go of the Shen family? Originally, he was all worried about Hui Niang's safety, but now he is worried about his family.

Finally, when the sun was setting in the west, the ship docked at the dock of the guard outside the Tingzhou Mansion, the officers and soldiers disembarked first, and some of the men and horses were mobilized into the city, while Shen Xi and Hui Niang waited outside the city. Before the definite news came out in the city, Shen Xi and Hui Niang belonged to the key protection objects.

At this time, the city gate seemed to be quiet, and even the city gate was not closed, and the people were still free to enter and exit.

As soon as Jiang Liwei got off the boat, a sedan chair stopped at the dock, Jiang Liwei respectfully stepped forward and greeted an old man about sixty years old from the sedan chair.

The old man was not wearing an official uniform, but the entourage around him was a brocade guard wearing a flying fish suit and an embroidered spring knife, and the old man seemed to be old, but he was very light and agile in his actions, with a compelling heroic spirit.

Jiang Liwei followed behind the old man. Talking all the time, Shen Xi couldn't hear it clearly from a distance, but he roughly knew that he was reporting on the battle situation last night.

"Good. If you take the thief, send him here to see me immediately! The old man spoke in a deep voice. Shen Xi could hear it clearly from a distance.

Jiang Liwei hurriedly led the troops away, while the old man entered a small building on the shore under the escort of Jinyi Guard.

Hui Niang leaned over and said, "Xiaolang, that seems to be a big official." ”

"Hmm." Shen Xi nodded, "Seeing that his entourage is all Jinyi Guard, it is likely that the emperor sent him on an errand." ”

Hui Niang was secretly speechless. Although she didn't know what kind of official Jinyiwei was, she also knew that it was a figure that she couldn't provoke, and it was estimated that it was more mysterious than the legendary Six Doors. The two of them could only stand on the shore and wait, and before there was no definite news in the city, Shen Xi and Hui Niang did not dare to enter the city casually.

Less than half an hour after Jiang Liwei entered the city, he brought a group of soldiers to escort An Rusheng, who was tied up with five flowers, as well as some subordinate officials and servants in the prefect's yamen.

Because the escort was from the prefect's yamen, there were many people who followed and watched, but the people did not dare to get too close. Because there were many crossbowmen and officers and men with spears and swords on the docks.

When people arrived at the wharf, Jiang Liwei personally entered the small building to inform.

The old man Shen Xi had seen just now walked out of the small building with a righteous body, and An Rusheng hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy: "Lord Liu, you can't frame a good person. Xiaguan ...... The lower officials were wronged. ”

"See what this is?" The old man took a burden from the entourage around him and threw it on the ground, there were some cases in it, as well as a few jade objects, "Eat the fortune of the Son of Heaven, but he does not think about An Sheji, and colludes with thieves to pervert the law for bribes." Sin is unforgivable. Escort him to the capital and wait for the three divisions to interrogate! ”

The brocade guard escorted An Rusheng out, and then the old man walked over to the sedan chair.

Jiang Liwei followed, and the old man waved his hand. Signaling Jiang Liwei not to follow.

Jiang Li only watched the sedan chair leave, and then turned back to the dock.

"Shen Gongzi, Mrs. Lu, the matter in the city has been successfully resolved, and someone will be sent to escort the two of them back to their homes. It's best not to go out these days, there will be people secretly protecting each other around your house. I'm afraid that the thief and his accomplices will be unfavorable to the two of them. ”

Jiang Liwei thought about it quite thoughtfully, now An Rusheng has been arrested and brought to justice, but there are many Jiangyang thieves behind An Rusheng, if these people are waiting for an opportunity to retaliate, it will be difficult to resist with the power of the Chamber of Commerce.

Shen Xi saluted and said, "Thank you Jiang Zuocheng." ”

Jiang Liwei nodded, personally sent the two out of the dock, and suddenly asked, "Does Shen Gongzi know who the old gentleman was just now?" ”

Shen Xi is not very familiar with the ministers of the Hongzhi Dynasty, but if the surname is Liu, the first one should be Liu Daxia, one of the "Three Gentlemen of Hongzhi", but Shen Xi did not dare to confirm whether this person was Liu Daxia, and immediately pretended to be confused, shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

"I don't know the best, don't say what you shouldn't say, after the matter of Tingzhou Mansion is resolved, I will leave first, as for Brother Su, I will ask Shen Gongzi to pass it on my behalf."

Jiang Liwei seemed to be in a hurry, after all, to pacify the local bandits and complete the imperial mission, even if he was just a subordinate official, the credit was not small. With such an official position as Zuo Cheng of Nanjing Dali Temple, it was originally very difficult to be promoted in the court, but now with this credit, the future has suddenly become much brighter.

After Shen Xi and Hui Niang left the dock, Jiang Liwei stopped and did not send each other off, but sent six soldiers along the way to protect them.

When they arrived at the gate of the city, there were many onlookers, Shen Xi asked the entourage of the Chamber of Commerce to hire a sedan chair to come back, and helped Huiniang to enter the sedan chair, while he followed all the way to the direction of Lu's pharmacy in the west of the city.

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When I returned to the pharmacy, I found that the pharmacy was not open, not only Xie Yun'er was there, but even Shen Mingjun, who didn't often go in and out of the pharmacy on weekdays, and also included Su Lian, who was pregnant. Yesterday, Shen Xi hurriedly went out of the city without notifying his family, and Zhou thought that something had happened to Shen Xi, so he asked people to find a night.

"Where did you die, you who killed a thousand knives?" When Zhou saw Shen Xi, he finally couldn't help it, and came over to twist Shen Xi's ears while crying.

As soon as Hui Niang entered the door, she couldn't help but blame herself for seeing the nervous appearance of Shen Mingjun and his wife. Xie Yun'er said: "Shopkeeper, didn't you go to Chaozhou?" How do you come back with Xiaolang? ”

Hui Niang was about to explain, but Shen Xi grabbed Bai and said, "I met my aunt on the way back." ”

"It's easy to be a deceitful mother, isn't it? Nothing, so coincidentally bumped into on the road? Say, where did you go yesterday? Don't make it clear, see how the old lady cleans you up! Zhou felt that he was angry when he twisted his ears, so he simply went to find a broom and came over to prepare to beat Shen Xi, but Shen Xi hid directly behind Xie Yun'er.

That's when it happened. Song Xiaocheng hurriedly ran into the pharmacy: "Shopkeeper, I'm back." ”

"Sixth brother."

When Su Lian saw Song Xiaocheng, she was also worried, and rushed directly to hug Song Xiaocheng.

Zhou frowned and said, "Hey, hey." Pay attention to the impact, this broad daylight, hugging and hugging, what kind of system has it become? ”

Su Lian came out of Song Xiaocheng's arms at this time, but she was still wiping her tears. Song Xiaocheng smiled and comforted: "Lady." Don't worry, I'm fine, isn't this a good way back? However, the brothers in the gang were not so lucky, and some of them were already ...... Alas! The shopkeeper, did he arrange a settling-in allowance for them? ”

Hui Niang hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, Xiaocheng, I will leave this matter to you...... The brothers who passed away were given twenty taels of settling-in allowance each, and those who were injured were also brothers who passed together yesterday. All give a hard-earned money. In a moment you will come with me and put money in your account and send it to the brothers. ”

Zhou was confused when he heard this, and saw that Hui Niang's face was sad, and her clothes were still a little wrinkled, it really didn't look like she was going out to come back safely, so she couldn't chase Shen Xi anymore, so she walked to Hui Niang's side and asked, "Sister, what happened?" ”

Hui Niang wiped her tears and said, "It's all my fault, Xiaolang informed me the day before yesterday." I said that someone would rob our ship, but I didn't take it seriously and insisted on setting off with the ship, and sailed yesterday...... I almost couldn't come back, but fortunately, Xiaolang arrived in time with the officers and soldiers. ”

Zhou was shocked: "This ...... How does this say? Why are there still bandits...... Soldiers? What the hell happened yesterday? ”

Shen Xi saw this situation. Knowing that he couldn't hide it anymore, he had to tell him frankly: "Mother, it's all done by the human-faced and beast-hearted An Governor's Mansion, he first entrusted the Chamber of Commerce to buy a batch of official salt and transport it back, and then greeted the Chaozhou Mansion and detained our salt ship." turned around and asked my aunt to take someone to negotiate, and took the opportunity to find a group of river and ocean thieves on the road to rob the ship. ”

"After I knew the news, I told the sixth brother, and then found Jiang Zuocheng and asked him to transfer troops to save my aunt, but fortunately I went in time, those thieves were setting fire to the boat, and my aunt almost died in the fire!"

"Shut up! Just what you can be, right? If you don't come back to discuss this kind of thing with us, you will go by yourself? ”

Shen Xi shouted: "What's the use of discussing with you, mother, can you take a knife and fight the thief?" ”

Zhou picked up the broom and wanted to hit it again, but this time Hui Niang took the initiative to stop in front of Shen Xi: "If my sister wants to fight, just beat me, I don't blame Xiaolang for all this, it's all my fault." ”

Zhou said angrily: "Sister, you were just deceived, and you blame the An Zhifu who killed a thousand knives." Oh, it's not good, if he can't do it, how about sending someone to do it? We'd better hide sooner......"

Hui Niang shook her head and said: "Sister, don't worry too much, a big official came to the imperial court and arrested some people from the Anzhifu and the prefect's yamen, and at this time they should be escorted to the capital to ask for guilt." ”

"Tsk, that's all right...... That's the prefect, he said he would take it? What kind of official is that!? ”

Zhou used to see the governor of the township, and he was like a fairy, and in her eyes, an official like the prefect didn't even have the qualifications to look up, but this kind of big man gave a word to a bigger person, which made her feel even more incredible.

Hui Niang shook her head and said, "I don't know, that's a matter of the imperial court." It's not easy for ordinary people like us to live in peace, and we don't care about other things. ”

Hui Niang is dusty and haggard, after all, she jumped into the river yesterday like Shen Xi, and even if the clothes on her body are suffocated, she can still see the clues.

Xie Yun'er's eyes were very sharp, she had already noticed it, but she didn't say anything, Zhou didn't think so much, she accompanied Hui Niang to go in and change her clothes, and helped Hui Niang fix her hair, and then came out.

At this time, Jiang Liwei sent a few more officers and soldiers over, and Zhou's legs were weak when he saw the officers and soldiers: "A few officials, but my family has committed a crime?" ”

"Don't worry about this lady, I am on the orders of Jiang Zuocheng to come and protect your family. If you have nothing to do in the future, try not to go out, and even if you go out, you must let our brothers follow, so as not to do anything, you and I can't do anything! ”

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PS: Fourth Update!

The Son of Heaven is estimated to be exhausted and fatigued.,Actually fell asleep in front of the computer.,Woke up to find that I had slept for more than an hour.,Hurry up and continue the code.,Now I've only finished the fourth chapter.,Send it to everyone immediately!

Today's monthly pass and reward are far less than yesterday's, everyone must help the Son of Heaven to stand up! Please! (To be continued.) )