Regarding what the county lieutenant said, Xu Han did not resist at all, but simply admitted it calmly,

"Yes, I did pretend to be the son of the Ma Governor's Mansion, what do you want."

The county lieutenant didn't expect Xu Han to admit it so simply, he was stunned, and there were some doubts in his heart, but soon he straightened his waist again and gave an order to the errand behind him,

"If you pretend to be an official, of course you will be imprisoned, come and arrest this impersonator."

Xu Han smiled kindly, waved his hand slightly, and said,

"It's true that I'm not the son of the Ma Governor's Mansion, but the county lieutenant, have you really seen the son of the Ma Governor's Mansion?"

"You say that he is burly, tall and big, and has a rich face, doesn't this clearly mean that he is as fat as a pig? I didn't expect the county lieutenant to scold people. ”

Her eyes inadvertently slanted to where Xu Xiuyan was.

When the county lieutenant saw Xu Han misinterpret her words like this, he immediately trembled with anger, where was the Huaiyang prefect offended by people like him.

If this word gets out today, will he still want the post of county lieutenant that he bought with great difficulty?

He pointed at Xu Han,

"When you die, you're still talking nonsense, it seems that it's not okay to let you know how powerful this official is."

After the county lieutenant gave the order, the accompanying officials all surrounded him, not to mention twenty or thirty people.

These people were all people who collected taxes in nearby villages and towns, and they were gathered together to make a big difference.

The county lieutenant raised his face and said, "Come on, take this ......"

It's a pity that before the county lieutenant finished speaking, he saw Xu Han say loudly,

"Childe, some people here say that you are as fat as a pig, why don't you come out and let him see you?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned, and the county lieutenant was also stunned.

At first, Xu Han said that she was a hypocrite, so he thought that there would be no Ma Gongzi here.

The Huaiyang prefect's mansion is through the old mansion of Xu Ge in Beijing, and he is just an unpopular person who is not even a seven-grade official.

Ma Gongzi really wanted to listen to what the short-lived ghost man in front of him said, thinking that he was scolding people around the corner, how could it be good?

He looked around, but he didn't see anyone who seemed to be Ma Gongzi, so he cast a color at the officials and asked them to arrest the person in front of him.

So far, he can't take care of a lot, and today he will take people everywhere because Shangguan got an order and said that something big happened.

Now it is necessary to search everywhere for suspicious strangers.

Because the incident happened suddenly, and the county Zun hadn't gotten the portrait yet, so he would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let go of one person, so the strangers who looked sneaky were arrested.

He looked at the person in front of him very suspiciously.

Seeing that the county lieutenant still wanted them to arrest people, the officials didn't think much about it, the circle of encirclement was a little smaller, and they saw that they were about to besiege Xu Han, so they tied people up, and saw a person come over and said coldly,

"What is this doing? Do you dare to move my people? ”

Xu Xiuyan was dressed in black, his expression was indifferent, and his speech was calm and waveless, but the momentum of his whole body could not be ignored.

The county lieutenant's face was a little ugly, these people came out one by two to oppose him, although he was only a county lieutenant, but here, he was only under the county lord.

He scolded with a cold face,

"It's ridiculous, the county lieutenant is under the instructions of the county lord, and all suspicious outsiders must be arrested."

Xu Xiuyan looked at the county lieutenant condescendingly, and said word by word,

"Just now the county lieutenant said that Ben Gongzi is stupid and stupid like a pig, Ben Gongzi has heard it, do you think Ben Gongzi is stupid, or are you stupid?"

As soon as the county lieutenant heard this, he knew that this person was the son of the Ma Governor's Mansion, and his face suddenly changed greatly, this person was not at all different from the Ma Gongzi he had seen once from afar.

Seeing that he was suspicious, Xu Han snorted on the side,

"Our son is a talent, Yushu is in the wind, and he was so unbearable as the county lieutenant said, has the county lieutenant seen it recently, or has he seen it recently?"

"Why are you so sure that our son is so unbearable?"

The county lieutenant was also a little suspicious of whether he remembered wrongly, after all, he had seen the prefect's son two years ago, and he glanced at it from a distance, in the winter, wearing a black coat and a bear.

He quietly looked at Xu Xiuyan, could it be that the boy had lost weight? Otherwise, with this body, you have to wear two or three big pieces to become a bear, right?

At this time, a large group of people came outside, and someone shouted,

"The county lord is here."

When everyone heard this, they turned around, and sure enough, they saw a man wearing a seven-grade official mansion striding over.

The county lord thought that he came over after hearing the news, and he was out of breath, he didn't seem to be aware of the surrounding atmosphere, so he stepped forward and simply saluted Xu Xiuyan,

"I've seen Ma Gongzi."

Xu Xiuyan glanced at him coldly, "Polite." ”

When the county lord saw this, the crowd suddenly stirred, it turned out that this was really Ma Gongzi!

The county lieutenant's face was stiff, and his gums were almost bleeding, if the county lord recognized the identity of this son, could he still deny it?

However, the villagers looked at Xu Xiuyan indignantly.

The sons of the officials are not good people, and the taxes they pay every year are made by these officials.

The bigger the official, the more powerful it is to loot the people's fat and people's ointment.

The county lord said to Xu Xiuyan as the proprietor,

"The lower official doesn't know that Gongzi has arrived in Wu County today, and he is disappointed, and I hope Gongzi will forgive me for the rudeness."

Xu Xiuyan just bowed slightly, Xu Han said,

"Don't complain about my lord, we came uninvited, Childe wanted to travel and experience outside, and there was an accident on the way, so I borrowed it for the night. It's bothering adults. ”

In the end, Xu Han said angrily,

"I don't know who dares to attack our son, those people are simply too lawless."

"County Zun, the matter happened in your realm, you have to check carefully, who is so bold."

As for what the accident was, Xu Han didn't say anything in detail, the county lord's eyes flashed, and he didn't ask, seeing that Xu Xiuyan didn't speak, so he and Xu Han exchanged pleasantries with each other.

This county lord looked old, but he was an impachable person, and he took the initiative to invite Xu Xiuyan to live in the county seat.

Xu Xiuyan has no objections, in fact, even if he has objections, Xu Han will find a way to let him enter the county seat without objections.

The villagers didn't expect that there was really a nobleman, but this nobleman seemed to be in the same group as those county adults.

Even Xiao Douding listened to it, and when he faced Xu Han, he couldn't help but take a step back.

Xu Han sighed secretly in his heart, and hated those corrupt officials who exploited the people, even a little child.

She half-squatted, beckoned to Xiao Douding, and after he came over hesitantly, she spoke to him softly and comforted him.

In the end, Xiao Douding was coaxed by her and pulled her sleeve a little reluctantly, "Brother, can my mother and I go with you?" ”

If it weren't for the fact that he really couldn't get by, Xiao Douding wouldn't have said such a thing to a person he had just met.

Xu Han's heart was blocked, and he said,

"I will send someone to bring things to you, you believe in my brother, and your life will get better and better in the future."

On the carriage to the county seat, Xu Han, Xu Xiuyan, and Yuan Qing sat in the carriage.

Yuan Qing looked at Xu Han angrily and muttered,

"My son-in-law is not a horse boy, he is a dignified tanhualang......"

Xu Han looked at Yuan Qing with a smile,

"Don't be upset about your son-in-law, if I don't do it right, will your son-in-law come out later and admit that he is Ma Gongzi?"

If the county lieutenant has seen that Ma Gongzi, no matter how much a person changes, it will not change much.

and the later county honor, without the slightest suspicion, admitted Xu Xiuyan's identity as 'Ma Gongzi', if there was nothing in it, she wouldn't believe it.

It's just that Xu Xiuyan doesn't know these things, and he doesn't know if he participates in them.

I believe that he should also have doubts, so that he will recognize the identity of 'Ma Gongzi'.

On the other side, Xu Xiuyan raised his hand and pinched his eyebrows, and said softly to Yuan Qing,

"You go down."

Yuan Qing was stunned and glanced at Xu Han, Xu Han returned him with a hypocritical smile, and raised his hand to make a 'please' gesture.

He silently lifted the curtain and sat down outside the carriage, pricking up his ears to hear the people inside, but he couldn't hear anything.

In the car, Xu Han didn't know whether to praise or ridicule, "Xu County's order can bend and stretch." ”

"Everyone says that Xu Tanhua is an immortal in the sky, not contaminated with a trace of fireworks, you say that you have been pushed to such a height, why should you get involved in the battle of those laymen?"

Xu Xiuyan did not answer Xu Han's words positively, but said,

"Aren't you a famous gentleman in the capital? Why such entanglement? ”

Hearing this, Xu Han stared at Xu Xiuyan and thought thoughtfully, then smiled,

"You're also a layman, so it's inevitable."

Xu Xiuyan Dao,

"I don't know why Lord Xianzun would admit my identity without doubt, that's what I want to know."

Xu Han immediately smiled, Xu Xiuyan said in disguise that he didn't know if Xu Ge Lao was involved in this matter.

So, he also wanted to find out.

She really almost believed Xu Xiuyan's statement, but when she thought of the staff he had seen with her former uncle in the Seven Star Building, she hooked the corners of her lips.

On the other side, Xu Xiuyan stared at Xu Han for a while, and suddenly asked an irrelevant question.

"I don't know if Lord Xu will read some history books or the like, among them, there was a change in the previous dynasty, do you know?"

Xu Han thought about it, this person they had discussed, it was a great Confucian in the previous dynasty, who wanted to implement the new law, but it touched the interests of the magnates, and was finally divided by five horses.

She nodded, and the two had a fight because of this great Confucian's approach.

Xu Xiuyan Dao,

"I have discussed with people that his article is very good, and there is nothing wrong with changing the law, if it is really implemented, maybe there will be no Eastern Yuan Dynasty.

It's just that before the change was pushed, it was divided by the five horses, why? Because he touches the interests of others. Where is it so easy to shake a tree?

Therefore, it is predictable that he will end up in such a fate. ”

Xu Han smiled sarcastically, Xu Xiuyan reminded her that the officialdom in Jiangnan was the same as the magnates of the previous dynasty, if it was shaken at will, it would be a dead word.

Maybe the end is worse than that of the former Confucian.

Xu Xiuyan looked at Xu Han and continued,

"I want to tell you that no one in this world is exempt from vulgarity, and if you enter the red dust, you can only roll in the red dust, even me, and I am not exempt."

Xu Han couldn't remember what their argument was at that time, but she remembered that it was very intense, she hooked her lips and smiled,

"When that great Confucian implemented the reform, the imperial power had already fallen, so he would fail."

"But if the imperial power is concentrated, who knows the outcome?"

This is also a disguised indication that she will persevere.

Not for fame and fortune, but for the same tens of millions of people as the borrowed sister-in-law and Xiaodouding.

She felt that the mission of the Huo family seemed to be engraved in the depths of her soul.

For the sake of the people, protect the family and defend the country.

Even if the death of the Huo family is possible, it is possible that he is a victim of imperial power.

It's just that the imperial power is the imperial power, and the people are the people.

The imperial power can be overthrown, but the common people cannot.

Xu Han didn't discuss this issue with Xu Xiuyan anymore, and she didn't want to talk to him about anything, so she didn't speculate for more than half a sentence.

After a long while, Xu Han heard Xu Xiuyan's ethereal voice again,

"I can help you."

Xu Han looked at Xu Xiuyan in surprise, remembering what Xiao Xiao told her before leaving, Xu Xiuyan went to the emperor to apply for release by himself.

She always thought that Xu Xiuyan was an undercover agent sent by Xu Gelao, wasn't she?

She tilted her head and asked,

"And what do you want me to do?"

Helping people always has a purpose, what is his purpose?

Xu Xiuyan leaned against the wall of the carriage, looking at the roof of the car shaking above his head, he came back to his senses, his eyes were open for too long, a little sour, and he couldn't help but squint.

Xu Han heard his characteristic cold and self-contained voice sound,

"I want one person to die, and that person will tell you when the time comes."

Xu Han was a little surprised, she once thought she knew Xu Xiuyan, as if she didn't know the person in front of her, she didn't ask the reason, she just said,

"Okay, as long as it's someone who has nothing to do with me, no problem."

Xu Xiuyan turned his head indifferently, and the carriage fell silent again.

Although Xu Han didn't believe in Xu Xiuyan, his ability was good, but he didn't thank him.

In her opinion, they were nothing more than a deal.

When entering the city, Xu Han lifted the curtain and looked out, several soldiers at the city gate were very strict, checking the road guides one by one, comparing them carefully, and asking various questions in detail.

The county order was in front of a carriage, and when he entered the city, Xu Han got up and said to Xu Xiuyan,

"Now please ask Xu Xianling for a favor, I want to get out of the car first, and then I will ask an adult to help the big circle."

After speaking, without waiting for Xu Xiuyan to reply, he opened the curtain, jumped out of the carriage with Yuan Qing's wide eyes, waved his hand, and left.

This is a small county town, just after noon, Xu Han found the most prosperous place, found a tea shop, asked for a bowl of tea, sat at the door of the store, and looked at the pedestrians outside.

The road looks bustling with people and has not been affected by the flooding.

Along the way, the stores have not been closed, although some shops seem to be deserted, but in general, it is good that a small county town has such prosperity.

There are people eating tea and chatting at the same time.

"I heard that a few days ago, there were bandits on the river, many boats were burned, robbery and robbery, and many people died."

"Yo, it's strange that the gate of the city is strictly checked, is this to investigate those water bandits? These water bandits are really vicious, they dare to intercept boats, dare to kill people, take money, and kill people. ”

"You say that you are extremely evil, and you don't care about the money and population, and the man has become like a livestock......

One table of people said lively, and there was a scholar in a student uniform at another table on the side.

"The water bandits are really vicious, and some people are even more disgusting than the most vicious."

The person at the table who spoke in front of him was not angry when he heard this, but asked,

"I don't know what your opinion is? Or do you know something? ”

The student put away the fan in his hand, knocked on the table, and sneered,

"What's the inside story, it's just that some people do things that are disloyal, unsubordinate, unfilial, and unscrupulous, so it's better to cover it up like this."

After saying that, he threw the tea money on the table and left.

Xu Han looked at the direction the student left, ate the tea in the bowl, and walked out.

……

The capital, the north of the town.

Since Xu Han left Beijing and went south, Xu was really worried for several days, and when Xu Han's first letter came back, she wrote what she had seen and heard along the way, and described the customs and customs everywhere to her in her heart.

This made Xu's heart drop a little.

Mama Fang smiled and said on the side,

"Niangniang, the prince is now older, it is not the same as before, since it has reached this point, it is better to let the prince break through, maybe it can break a different path for her."

Xu put the letter in his hand, brushed his sideburns, and said with a smile,

"Yes, so many years of inner house life have worn down my sharpness, if it was in the past, where would I be so cringe, this person, as a mother, is just an inexhaustible heart."

"The eldest princess of Shuyang said to let me live for myself, if Han'er is a child who walks the dog all day long, I don't expect it."

"But Han'er is not, how many people dare not do what she has done."

She thought about it carefully, and then said softly,

"There are so many difficulties that women have encountered in this life, let Han'er live as much as she wants."

Xu's eyes were a little proud, whose little lady could be as intimate and sensible as her Han'er?

Her daughter is a hundred times better than the sons of other families.

If you give birth to a daughter, you have nothing to ask for in this life.

There was a maid outside who reported that Guo Xun was here, and Xu asked Mama Fang to put Xu Han's letter properly, and when the matter was dealt with, she had to read it again.

Guo Xun came in and said,

"Niangniang, these days, you have instructed the little ones to watch the whereabouts of the old prince, but the old prince has not gone anywhere, and he rarely summons the generals of the former palace."

He paused, with some embarrassment on his face and some anger at the same time.

Seeing this, Xu said, "What else do we have to say?" So where does he go on weekdays? Speaking of which, I haven't seen him in the house for three days now, so where did he go? ”

Guo Xun hung his head and said, "The old prince and the Marquis of Yong'an have recently made progress, and the Marquis of Yong'an went fishing with him in the village outside the city. ”

"Also, there is also the fact that the old prince will go to the flower building with the third master of the Chengen Mansion to eat wine."

"Nothing else is there for the time being."

Hearing that Xu Jun went to Hualou to eat, Xu's heart still twitched involuntarily.

For so many years, no matter how coldly she looked at each other and how angry she was with Xu Jun, this person was always her fancy and ready to accompany her for a lifetime.

Otherwise, how could she come all the way from Shu to this unfamiliar capital, suppressing her own nature, and letting this inner house life smooth her edges and corners?

It's just because of the word 'love', but this 'love' is a little ridiculous when it comes to Xu Jun.

She spread out her hand and looked at the palm print in her hand, "You keep staring, and if there is any abnormality, someone will tell me." ”

"Don't let him find out that you are fighting with him, he is the one who leads the army to fight, he is extremely keen, I am not afraid that he will know, but I am afraid that the person you sent out to keep an eye on him will be poisoned by him."

Guo Xun knew that the Xu family was unwilling to lose their lives in vain, so he said,

"Niangniang, don't worry, the people sent out by her subordinates are all first-class and comfortable, even if they are discovered, it will be too late to escape."

Xu nodded, signaling him to withdraw if he had nothing to do.

Mama Fang looked at Xu with some concern, Xu is now forty years away, still with smooth skin, graceful body, and a white and tender face.

Time seems to be particularly merciful to her, it is such a beauty, but Xu Jun doesn't know how to appreciate it, and he used to love people like Bai's unbearable.

Now he is even more unscrupulous to go to the flower building to eat and drink.

It's a really hard thing to understand.

Speaking of which, in order to marry the Xu family, Xu Jun worked hard, and the people of the Xu Wangfu fell from the old prince, and the masters were all embarrassed.

No matter how difficult it was, Xu Jun survived, which made the old prince relentless and marry Xu to her.

As for the imperial court, it was originally impossible for such two princes in charge of military power to marry each other under any circumstances, but Xu Jun gave away half of the military power of the palace in order to firmly marry the Xu family.

After marrying in such a painstaking way, it didn't take long for the Bai family to enter the door, so the Bai family is so good?

Mama Fang shook her head.

She saw that Xu's expression was a little sad, pinched the letter in her hand and handed it to Xu.

"I don't know where the little prince has gone now, this canal is now half-blocked because of the bursting embankment, and I don't know if the little prince is taking the water route or the land route."

Xu Shiqiang smiled at the edge, but his face was still a little ugly, and he took the letter in Mama Fang's hand, but did not open it, and said,

"It's about the waterway, and the land route is half, forget it, don't think about it, Mama, although Han'er said that it was better to wait for her to come back about Cha Xujun's matter."

"But she's a junior, even if she really checks, she can't wait for her, and I can't let her stand in front of me all the time to protect me, you ...... like this"

Xu Shi instructed Mama Fang, and Mama Fang hesitated when she heard this, "Niangniang, really don't wait for the little prince to come back?" ”

Xu shook his head, "No, I don't know how deep the water is in Xu Jun's matter, but I can't let Han'er have a chance to spy on his father's tracks and hold the handle in the hands of others." ”

"I'll check, no matter what happens, it's just a matter between husband and wife, and it's much better."

There was an undisguised contempt in her eyes,

"Speaking of which, their Xu family is really not as good as the previous generation, and they are not confused in major matters, but they are all planted on women's bodies, they boast of pity and cherish jade, but they don't understand that if the house is restless, there will be endless disasters.

Isn't it because he accepted Xu Jun's aunt that he gave birth to twin concubines, but let his son-in-law die cleanly, and finally the title fell on the head of the concubine. ”

When I came to Xu Jun, in fact, my father-in-law didn't know Xu Jun's intention to marry me, but he was deceived by his aunt, so he let Xu Jun go.

When he arrived at Xu Jun, the dog couldn't change his eating, and continued the style of the previous generation, so Xu Jun simply wanted to ask the concubine to be sealed. ”

"It's just that Your Majesty will never be able to let him get his wish."

Mama Fang thought about it, so she arranged it according to Xu's words and didn't mention it.

……

Xu Han changed three tea shops and a restaurant, and received a lot of news, but one key point was that all parts of the Jiangnan were looking for water bandits, and they were wanted for these chincha who went south.

It's just that there are still concerns in the end, and I don't dare to hang a portrait at the city gate, as for the court, maybe it's a long distance, the time is short, and there is no movement yet.

Thinking that after encountering a few assassinations on the land, she agreed on a plan with the two Qincha, which should be foolproof.

As for the disaster relief money and food allocated by the imperial court, it was indeed escorted behind.

She really didn't know where she was now.

It can only be said that the emperor also left a hand there.

She pinched the secret decree given to her by the emperor, and the news was almost received, and it was time to go home.

Along the way, Xu Han bought a lot of special products, and she couldn't tell that she was the person wanted by the government.

What's more, with Xu Xiuyan in front of her, she is still safe for the time being.

She doesn't know where the county government is, it doesn't matter, as long as she has a mouth, she can ask all over the world.

walked all the way, asked all the way, and finally arrived in front of the county office.

Unexpectedly, the county government arrived, but she couldn't get in, because there were a lot of people outside, and she finally squeezed in, and it was a blind old woman with a seven or eight-year-old girl, kneeling in front of the county yamen.

The old woman looked sad, and did not cry bitterly, but said loudly,

"The people's women are wronged, and they beg the adults to take the women's case and ask the adults to avenge their grievances."

She kept repeating this sentence in her mouth, and the onlookers also pointed fingers.

The officials of the yamen kept urging the onlookers, and some officials with knives stepped forward to pull the old woman away, and the girl went up and hugged the thighs of the officials.

"My mother didn't kill anyone, why didn't you let my mother go......"

The servant was hugged by the girl's thigh, with an angry face, but the old and the young, but if they have some conscience in their hearts, they will not really be ruthless.

What's more, there are so many onlookers.

Ordinary people have pity for the old and the weak, the old woman is blind, and the girl is crying pitifully, which can't help but make people unbearable.

Someone recognized the grandfather and grandson, and said,

"Isn't this the family of the woman who killed the outsider two days ago?"

"Is that the outsider who is strewn across the streets? I heard that it was because I couldn't be hooked up, but I was killed. ”

"This is her mother-in-law, shouting injustice like this, is it more than innocent for the outsider to die?"

Xu Han listened to everyone's gossip in the crowd, and suddenly the hem of her clothes was pulled.

She looked back and saw a delicate and perfect face that was both familiar and unfamiliar.

Familiar because the face of the person in front of him has not changed, and strange because he has faded the laziness on his face, and the whole person has become introverted.

But under that restraint, I actually felt that the dark tide was surging, and something would erupt at any time.

Less than a month, what made him change so much?