In Guyangzhou at night, the sound of frogs and crickets sounded alternately, and people were sleepy when they heard it. But Zhang Fan, who was naked and still singing empty city plans with his stomach, never wanted to sleep! As soon as he sneaked to the big house, through the flickering light of the oil lamp, Zhang Fan actually found the big yellow dog barking at him by the river during the day, which was going to kill him! If in normal times, Zhang Fan can have several ways to make this yellow dog not bark, not to mention the situation of weapons, even in the wild, there are a variety of plants to deal with a little, that is, a very strong anesthetic, smeared on raw meat, to deal with military dogs, it is easy to catch, not to mention this local dog, after all, military cadets, this scout skill is still not a problem.

But now Zhang Fan's body is smooth, except for the black mud smeared on his body, it is a circle of leaves and grass skirts that cover his body. If you don't have a weapon, it's impossible to collect medicinal materials at night if you want anesthetics, and it's even more nonsense to force it out, as soon as the big yellow dog barks, it is estimated that a group of old and young masters will rush out in minutes and beat their disciples to death! This is the clothes that were not stolen, and it was unlucky to die! Zhang Fan began to make difficulties, scratching his scalp with his hands, this special crossing, others are reborn and crossed either the prince or the rich and noble, no matter how poor he is, he is a well-dressed person, but he crossed over with his bare ass! I muttered in my heart, but for the sake of safety, I would like to take a detour to steal ordinary people's clothes and food.

"Is this a dwarven country? The clothes I found were too small to wear! Zhang Fan cursed in his heart, and suddenly Zhang Fan smiled, it suddenly occurred to him that the height of ancient people was generally lower than that of modern people due to their inability to keep up with nutrition and underdeveloped medicine, and his height of more than eight meters was unbelievable in ancient times.

Zhang Fan turned back to the door of the big family again, this time from a distance to see a middle-aged man whose height is estimated to be about one meter eight, just got down from a dumpling, followed by a little scholar in front, walking towards the door of this big family, the middle-aged man has an indifferent temperament, wearing a set of dark green Confucian shirts, and a square scarf on his head. When the two walked to the door, the big yellow dog lying on the ground immediately got up, wagged his tail and ran to the front of the middle-aged man, the middle-aged man's temperament didn't seem to be very good, looking at the big yellow dog sighed, the scholar pushed open the door, turned around and bowed to the middle-aged man, and said respectfully, "I'm home, please come in."

Zhang Fan was happy to see the master and servant who went in, and finally saw a person whose height was close to his own, and he could also steal a well-fitting clothes. But the big yellow dog lying at the door is a problem, just when Zhang Fan was anxious and worried, he saw a bamboo chicken coop outside the door of the farmer's house next to him, and there was a big rooster inside. Zhang Fan slapped his head and sneaked over with a smile......

The middle-aged man in the Confucian shirt entered the hall, and a middle-aged woman dressed in a lace dark red brocade dress with a kind face greeted her, said a blessing salute, and said, "The master is back", turned to the maid who was waiting at the door and said, "You should quickly ask Nianxin to make a pot of tea for the master!"

"Madame, I don't have to, sir, I don't have the heart to drink tea!" The middle-aged man said and sat straight on the chair in front of him, and then said, "Madam, sit down too!" ”

"When the lord returned to the city, did the father-in-law and the three uncles discuss the separation of the family? Looking at the old man's face, is there no negotiation? ”

"It's not that we haven't negotiated, madam, it is possible that we will never be able to share a piece of family property except for the house in front of us and a few acres of thin fields for retirement! The father said that the eldest brother, the second brother, and the third brother, each brother has two or three children in the family, most of whom have a career, and the eldest nephew of the eldest brother's family, Daniel Zhang, has now become a county captain, and several nephews are making a living under him, and they are also famous in Yangzhou; Zhang Ren, the third nephew of the second brother's family, has already taken the township examination in high school this year, and he will go to the government examination next year, and his future is immeasurable; Zhang Yun, the second nephew of the third brother's family, monopolized the rouge gouache business in Qinhuaihe, and made money every day, but it's a pity that our family's virtuous son, hey......"

"Master, that can't be, even if our family is gone, if it weren't for the master, you would be a master by the side of the county master, planning for the family, and several uncles' nephews would be able to work as errands in the county office? Can you go to Qinhuai River to do business? The Zhang family had fallen halfway before, and it was all the old man who turned the tide and raised the family. Besides, our family has only been missing for a year, and life and death are inconclusive, how can my father-in-law do this? ”

When the woman said this, her eyes were already full of tears, and she seemed to be about to fall in an instant, and she bit her lip, and then said:

"The lord doesn't have to hide it from me, I know that the three uncles are very wealthy, and they regularly nag my family in front of my father-in-law, especially the uncle's family, when Xian'er was in the past, the third in the high school government test, and Jiang Xuan of Bailuzhou Academy appreciated, our Zhang family has been in business for generations, and is regarded as a cheap industry, Xian'er's house is the first, for the Zhang family's glory ancestor, the father-in-law is also crying with joy, once planned to let the master become the head of the Zhang family, which made the three uncles extremely dissatisfied, Xian'er followed Jiang Xuan, both civil and military, and practiced the water and land formation, But she would fall into the water and disappear inexplicably, and the concubine suspected that the three uncles had done it. ”

"Hey! Madam, don't talk nonsense! Mrs. didn't know, my father said, he was terminally ill, the doctor said that his life hung for half a year at most, although our Zhang family in Yangzhou is not a rich and noble family, but it can also be regarded as a big family, hundreds of acres of fertile land, dozens of shops, I hope to divide the family property before he dies, but the family property is to be passed on to the children and grandchildren, we have no children, my father said that there will be no heirs in the future, as long as we share some land money and grain, enough for us to rely on the old is enough! Don't let your property fall into the hands of outsiders. I also mentioned to my father that Xian'er was just missing, and we were looking around, but the three brothers said in unison, others have seen our Ren'er encounter a water bandit, was beaten down into the river, and let the torrent sweep away, it is impossible to find people. ”

"Master, where is the concubine talking nonsense? There were many rumors before that my uncle said that our family was right and wrong, but I didn't want to hear it or believe it. Later, Xian'er disappeared, and the eldest uncle said in the family that Xian'er was causing trouble outside, and he must have offended the strongman who did evil, so he was killed, and said that the master was just talking about it in the county office, and all the wealth of the Zhang family was earned by other brothers, so why should it be divided equally with us? These words are all heard by the concubine herself, and they can't be faked! ”

After listening to Madame's words, the middle-aged man leaned back in his chair decadently and said slowly:

"Madame said, I don't know these things, but after all, we are part of the family, and now our only virtuous son is indeed missing, and my husband is like a knife, if all the family wealth can be exchanged for my virtuous child's life, I am willing to go bankrupt! My father may look at me pitifully, maybe he will remember my contribution to the family over the years, maybe my father will remember that his grandson has been glorious for the family, and my father said that we will have three more months at most, and if we can't find Ren'er, we will divide the family according to his wishes."

The couple's eyes turned red as they spoke.

Here is discussing the short matter of the parents, and there is naturally no idle outside, I saw Zhang Fan grab the hen that has been big and fat, round his arm and threw it towards the watchdog, and immediately came the "clucking" chicken cry, wings flapping, and then the doordog "Wangwang" barked, chasing the hen has been strung out far, far away, when the sound is gradually gone, this kind of chicken flying dog jumping thing, in the countryside is a normal phenomenon, except for a certain woman will nag and scold, Others don't go unnoticed at all.

Just as everything was quiet again, a dark shadow flashed through the wall into the big house.