Liu Yuru and Fan Ying came out of Qingyun Restaurant and returned directly to Guoyi's Governor's Mansion, Gao Chang didn't talk to the two of them for a while, and when he saw them coming back, he hurriedly asked them how they were inquiring about it. Liu Yuru, a www.biquge.info of the pen, said, "I didn't gain anything, but our sisters happened to come to Shanzhou, so we always have to pay a visit by the way." ”

They asked Guo to be sealed, and took them to find the residence of the deceased city commander Lord Song, and it was best to find a friend who had a good relationship with him from Lord Song's family, and then see if they could inquire about the events of the year.

Guo Zhifeng smiled, "It's all my carelessness, if you pay more attention, you two won't bother anymore." ”

Liu Yuru hurriedly said, "How can you blame Second Brother Guo for this?" Besides, it's not a big deal, and it just so happened that Fan Ying and I took this opportunity to run out of the house to play. ”

After lunch, Guo Beifeng took the two of them to Hucao to find out where Lord Song lived, but it was the most dilapidated residential area in the entire Shanzhou City. Liu Yuru and Fan Ying didn't need Guo Beifeng to accompany them, they each rode horses and went to look for them by themselves.

Anyway, the visit to this matter is not a very urgent matter, as long as they can get home before the tall man returns. If another person who had ridden a blackhoof red rabbit was detected, perhaps the tall man would have complimented them a few words.

This residential area is in the north gate of Shanzhou City, turning into it from Beimen Street, the street becomes narrow, a low tile house is lined up one after another, and the lintel of each household is narrow and crowded. There were still ox carts pulling firewood and grass passing through the already small streets, and Liu Yuru and Fan Ying had to move their horses to the side of the road and wait for the ox carts to pass before they could continue to move forward.

They wandered around the street for a while according to the address of Lord Song provided by Hu Cao in Shanzhou, but they did not find the door of Lord Song. Because the door number written to them by the Hucao Yamen was many years ago, it seems that at this time, there is no sign on the door of every house.

A city magistrate in Shanzhou is in charge of the city's market trading, merchants, etc., if he has a lively mind, he will not live in such a shabby place.

The two couldn't help but add a faint respect to the deceased Lord Song, but Lord Song finally lost his life in the face of the huge temptation, and it was a pity to think about it.

A group of half-grown boys were playing in the streets, and they noticed these two beautiful women from the streets, riding tall horses, where they were reading the house numbers, and they ran up and asked, "Where are you looking?" We know! ”

Liu Yuru said, "Is there a Song lord's home here?" ”

They immediately scrambled to lead the way, and soon stopped in front of a courtyard, "We only have one official here, and this is it!" Liu Yuru asked Fan Ying to give them some big money, two for each person. The children took the money, yelled at them, and dispersed.

The two dismounted, Fan Ying stepped forward to call the door, and a man in his twenties came out soon, they thought it was Lord Song's brother or something, and when they asked, the man said no, "We are renting the house of Lord Song, and the owner has moved to the countryside." ”

He seemed glad to show them the way, took a donkey out of the yard, and said to them, "I'll take you there, it's not too far, just to pay the rent." ”

The three of them walked out of the north gate of Shanzhou City, walked a short distance on the dirt road outside the city, turned a hillside, and the man pointed to a village five miles away in the distance and said to the two, "Two ladies, you see, this is there." ”

Liu Yuru asked, "This little brother, why did this Song adult's family stay in the city and move out?" ”

The man said, "I know that after the death of this Lord Song, there are only three women left in his family, and he has no economy, so it will be better to rent out the house in the city and collect some rent." ”

"Isn't there a man in Lord Song's house?"

"The younger one knows that his family has a seventy-year-old woman, a widow of Lord Song, and a teenage daughter, and there is no one else." Liu Yuru listened to it, and she was already able to understand the hardships of this family. This Lord Song is the pillar of the family, he is gone, and there are three women, old and young, who don't know how to support their lives.

While speaking, the three of them had arrived at the head of the village, and the man stood in front of a grass house at the edge of the village, got off the donkey, pushed open the hidden firewood door and went in, and shouted, "Is Mrs. Song at home, two distinguished guests have arrived!" ”

In the middle of the night, a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old helped an old woman out of the house, needless to say, the mother and daughter of Lord Song. The man said, "Old man, Mrs. Song is not at home?" ”

When the girl saw three men coming in from outside the courtyard, and two young women each led their horses, she didn't know where they came from, so she said, "My mother has gone out to fetch firewood, and she hasn't come back yet!" The skirt worn by this girl has faded, but it is still clean, she helped her grandmother to sit down in the courtyard, and then said to Liu Yuru and Fan Ying, "I don't know if the two distinguished guests are visiting, and they are not welcome." ”

This was also a young lady from an official family, and she was generous in terms of etiquette, but she was a little cramped, all because she didn't show up often.

Liu Yuru hurriedly said, "This little sister, we are from Xizhou, and we originally wanted to ask Lord Song about some old things, but it is really sad to know that Lord Song has suffered an accident...... If this little brother hadn't brought us here, we wouldn't have been able to find this place. ”

When the man got his business, he took out dozens of big money from his arms and handed it to the girl, "Miss Song, you take it, I'll go back if I have nothing to do." "Say goodbye to a few people.

The girl listened to Liu Yuru's words, her eyes were a little red, and she went to the house to take out two wooden tables and invite the two of them to sit, "Two ladies...... I only hate that I'm not a man, my mother is nearly fifty years old, and I want her to fetch firewood......"

The old woman was hunched and deaf, with white hair, and it was only polite to come out and sit there, and she couldn't interject when she spoke, it was this Song girl who answered.

As soon as the two of them entered the courtyard, she could see that they must have unusual identities, and after a few words, they slowly became acquainted, and this Miss Song occasionally dared to look at Liu Yuru and Fan Ying. Seeing that they didn't apply fat powder, they were all beautiful and fragrant, and I couldn't guess their identities, so I couldn't help but wonder in my heart: my father never mentioned that there were any other people I knew in Xizhou, and I didn't know what they had to do with them.

And Liu Yuru also saw a touch of sadness on the face of this Song girl, knowing that their ancestors and grandchildren lived in the countryside for three generations, and the difficulties were indispensable. She hurriedly explained her intention to this Song girl.

The girl said, "Mrs. Liu, I'll tell you the truth, and I'm not a tongue chewer...... My father was not good at making friends during his lifetime, so he didn't have many friends to communicate with. Since his death, one of the few has not been seen once, and I don't go out, and I don't know which one to look for, so I have to wait for my mother to come back and ask her about it. ”

As he was talking, there was a sudden quarrel on the street outside the courtyard, there were male voices and female voices, and the girl's face changed slightly, and she said to the two, "I think my mother is back!" ”

Liu Yuru and Fan Ying heard someone shouting on the street, "Mrs. Song, you can beat firewood, why do you want to destroy my family's crops, this is all from spring to summer, you don't care, is this useful?" I don't know how much of our harvest will be lost after autumn. ”

Another woman said hurriedly, "Li Gongzi, don't be angry, it's all my fault, don't blame him, he didn't mean to damage the crops in your field, besides, he is helping me, and I beg Li Gongzi to be a master and forgive us this ......time."

Another man answered, "How can our son embarrass you, you are a family member of the Song family, and you are a woman, don't you be looked down upon?" But this kid is five big and three coarse, and he has damaged our master's crops, but he shouldn't let it go easily, we are at him. ”

Liu Yuru and Fan Ying didn't go out either, just sat there and listened to the movement outside. The person who spoke was talking about Lord Song, and at the same time he was talking about a woman, and the meaning of contempt was obvious. But when she saw the girl in the courtyard and heard this person speak, her face had changed, and she looked like she was about to cry, and she was a little hesitant to go out.

At this moment, as soon as the firewood door opened, a young man carrying a bundle of dry firewood was pushed and shoved in by three people.

A fifty-year-old woman thought that it was Mrs. Song, and she wanted to cover up these three arrogant people, but she didn't dare, and the smile on her face was also squeezed out. (To be continued.) )