Yao Biao was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, and just instructed the housekeeper who followed him, while holding Liang Tiehan's hand and leading him inside. Liang Tiehan was worried, for fear that his sister and brother who were hiding outside the city would make a mistake, and on the other hand, he was worried about Jing Yuluo in the capital, and he didn't know what his whereabouts were, and he was worried that for a while he completely overwhelmed the surprise of hearing that the uncle and the eldest sister were in Yao Mansion.

It wasn't until the housekeeper was ordered to retreat that Yao Biao had already pulled Liang Tiehan to the door of the hall that he noticed the gloom and restlessness on his face.

"What's the matter, Tie Han, what are you?"

Liang Tiehan really couldn't bear to sweep away Yao Biao's excitement, but he was desperate, helpless, hard-headed, his face was full of purple, and he said:

"Uncle Yao, I'm really ...... There are important things to do, and you can't stay longer. ”

Yao Biao observed his expression, led him into the hall and sat down, and motioned for the people around him to leave. He asked softly:

"What's the matter, so serious?"

"I actually...... I want to ask you for help for this, but this matter is too dangerous, and I am afraid it will bring great trouble to your whole family, I ......"

Yao Biao waited for a moment, and when he saw that he couldn't speak, he reached out and gently pressed his shoulder, and comforted him in a low voice:

"Tie Han, we haven't seen each other for five years, you suddenly came to me in a hurry, but you refused to stay for a moment, and now you don't dare to say a word, it can be seen that you do have a hundred thousand urgent things in your body. I have a great friendship with your uncle, but I have too little friendship with you. You don't know me, totally normal. Why don't I go and invite your uncle now, if there is anything important, you can talk to him alone, what do you think? Your uncle, you can always be trusted, right? ”

Liang Tiehan sighed, and the shame in his eyes deepened.

"Uncle Yao, how could I not trust you. I just got into trouble, and now I have no choice but to come to you and beg you, but I don't want to implicate you. ”

He briefly recounted to Yao Biao the robbery he had just committed in the capital.

Yao Biao was silent for a moment, then asked:

"You said you robbed the Qin prisoner - what kind of Qin prisoner, what a felony you committed?"

Lord Yao's voice was calm and kind, and he couldn't make waves. Liang Tiehan calmed down a little and replied:

"It's a long story, in short, they are all completely innocent, and they were purely wronged by the court-"

"I'll tell you more."

"It is a simple and honest farmer, surnamed Mu, a very kind person, this time last year, I took in a fugitive from the Blue Jade Party in the middle of the night, and I happened to stay at his house at that time. The whole family was arrested and put in prison; I was also caught. Later, because the prefect Wang Bin happened to be an acquaintance of mine, he found out that I had nothing to do with the case, so he released me on the spot. I pleaded with the prefect and was willing to testify for them, but Lord Wang couldn't make the decision, so he could only send the case file to the Beijing division and let me go home and wait. The Criminal Department has not given instructions; It didn't take long for Lord Wang to be transferred to Yangzhou to serve as the inspector of the imperial history, and no one ever asked about the Mu family's case. In fact, they were really wronged, when the man knocked on the door in the middle of the night, and fainted outside the door before it opened. The Mu family was kind-hearted and carried him into the house and fed him water to drink. As a result, before the people woke up, the officers and soldiers had already chased in, and they didn't ask about it, insisting that the Mu family was harboring the court felons. ”

There was some confusion between Yao Biao's eyebrows:

"However, the Son of Heaven had already ordered an amnesty for all the remaining criminals of the Hu Lan Party in September last year; Not to mention that they were wronged, even the real Blue Party criminals should have been released and returned to their hometowns without guilt? ”

"It's also their bad luck. It stands to reason that the emperor has granted an amnesty, and all the remaining prisoners of the Blue Party should be released home, but the local government is inefficient, and two months have passed when the pardon arrives; After Lord Wang left, the officials who took over were lazy in their official duties, and they didn't have a deadline anyway, so they didn't bother to take care of it, so the Mu family was never released. What's even more unfortunate is that the fugitive they took in later committed another big crime. This person's name is Lan Shou, an adopted son of Lan Yu, the Duke of Liangguo, and one of the important fugitives of the Blue Party at that time, who was later escorted to the capital and beheaded before the emperor's amnesty; Who would have thought that all the heads had fallen to the ground, and they would continue to implicate innocent people. In the middle of this year, someone took advantage of the emperor's inspection of the palace to plot an assassination, but was captured by the guards and sent to the brocade guard for questioning, and the assassin confessed that the assassination plot had begun a year ago, and Lan Shou was in the list of people involved in the plot. So everyone related to Lan Shou is now characterized as an assassin by Jinyiwei. The Mu family is also among them. ”

"I see;" Yao Biao said, "Where are they now?" ”

"I hid them in the land temple outside the city - I was incompetent, I somehow leaked the news in advance, the government temporarily changed the place of execution, the Mu family and the old man were all killed, and only two children were rescued."

After hearing this, Yao Biao immediately said:

"In that case, I will ask Yao Gui to take the carriage out of the city with you and bring the two children into the city. Don't worry, the guards at the city gate are in the way of my face, and they won't stop me when they see that it's my family's chariots and horses. ”

Liang Tiehan was overjoyed and said gratefully:

"This ...... Uncle Yao, but in case the court tracks it down in the future-"

Yao Biao shook his head: "The two children are still in the earthen temple outside the city, and it will be dangerous for more than half an hour." Without further ado, you don't think so much, go and come back quickly; I'm going to tell you uncle. ”

Liang Tiehan took the carriage driven by Yao Gui and rushed outside the city to hide the girl of the Mu family and her little brother in the car and bring them back to the city. Yao Biao's face was really extraordinary, and the soldiers guarding the city gate saw that it was the big housekeeper of Yao Mansion, and they didn't ask a word, and let them enter the city.

The carriage drove back to Yao's mansion, and Yao Gui drove the car into the courtyard from the back door. Yao Biao was already waiting there; There are two people waiting together: an elder with a long beard fluttering, it is the loving patriarch uncle of Liang Tiehan who has been separated for five years, and Yang Zhiding, the owner of the real water village of the fairy wind and bones; The girl standing behind the two must be the eldest sister He Shen, who has not seen her for five years, and the handsome and lovely little girl has become a slim lady.

After a long absence, after a long reunion, after a warm greeting, He Shenshen took the hand of the girl of the Mu family, and the little brother with the other hand, and took them into the side room that had been cleaned up for them to rest. Seeing that the two teenagers who had died for a lifetime had settled down, Liang Tiehan and the two seniors exited the door together, leaving He Shenshen there to continue to take care of him.

Yao Biao led the two back to the central hall. After taking his seat, Yang Zhiding slowly spoke:

"Tie Han, the story of the Mu family, my brother has already explained it to me. Uncle is very pleased, your stepfather knows, and he will be very proud of you. I saw that the two children were frightened, and they tossed and turned for two months, avoiding interrogation and chasing soldiers all the time, and they couldn't rest in peace, and they were tired, and I was afraid that they couldn't go on the road immediately; There are still a few days to go into the mountains; After entering the mountain, I have to trek for three days to reach the boundary of my real water village; They couldn't go fast in the first place, and now they can't hold on to this state. We have caused such a big problem for the official family, we shouldn't have continued to stay in the Yao Mansion and cause trouble for your Uncle Yao. ”

"Brother Yang, are you still finished?" Yao Biao smiled and said, "You uncles and nephews are the same, you have to make my ears calloused." In the rest of the country, it is necessary for you to be so restless; But this is Beiping. For the imperial court, Beiping is like Ningxia, Datong and Daning, but it is just a military town on the northern border line, which is in a state of combat readiness all the year round, and there are border guards and police from time to time. If there was no King Yan sitting in the domain, today's Beiping would still be the same as in the early years of Hongwu, turbulent and unstable, and the people would not have a good life; There was no money and food from the imperial court, only prisoners. Tie Han masked and robbed the Dharma field, and no one recognized him; As for these two children, they are not Lan Yu himself, but just an innocuous crime of harboring, Jin Yiwei has the privacy of high-ranking officials in the capital to spy on them, and he does not have the leisure to go all the way to a border guard town to search for people. What's more, if they learned that these two children were rescued by Shen Rufeng's righteous son, they were escorted all the way to Yanshan, and they would not dare to chase after them after eating the bear's heart and leopard's guts. You can rest assured that you will stay in my house and have a good rest, and when the two children have recovered their strength, they will be fine with you into the mountains. ”

Yang Zhiding nodded: "Then it's troublesome brother, such a great kindness, I really remember it." - Tie Han, let's meet again after a long absence, tonight, you will sleep with your uncle, how about it? Let's have an all-nighter, talk freely, and rest when we get drunk, what do you say? ”

Yao Biao laughed: "Brother Yang, Tie Han has not rested for two months, robbed the law field, rescued the Qin prisoners, and fled all the way to Beiping. If you don't let him sleep well first, he will have to stay up all night when he comes up, can he stand it? ”

Yang Zhiding smiled: "I was happy to see Tie Han, and I forgot everything all of a sudden." My brother is right; Tie Han, you go and rest. The sisters and brothers of the Mu family have a deep child to take care of, she is careful, you can rest assured. Just get a good night's sleep. ”

"Whatever you want to eat and drink, tell the people around you at any time, don't be polite." Yao Biao said.

Liang Tiehan felt extremely embarrassed; Facing the enthusiastic and concerned faces of Uncle Yao and Uncle Yao, he really couldn't bear to say something to ruin their happiness again.

But he couldn't help but say it.

His face turned purple, and he whispered ashamedly:

"Uncle, Uncle Yao, I can't stay longer, I'm going to rush back to the capital soon."

"What?" Yang Zhiding was taken aback.

Yao Biao was also slightly stunned: "What did you say, rush back to the capital?" ”

"Yes—my friend who robbed the Dharma field with me, in order to cover me, led away the pursuers, went in another direction, and did not escape from the city; I took the Mu family sisters and brothers, but I had no choice but to leave him alone. Now that I have safely handed them over to my uncle, you will take them into the mountains and get rid of the court's pursuers, and I have completed this task. But on my friend's side, I really can't feel at ease, and I have to rush back to the capital to find out. I must find him and make sure he is safe and sound; If he suffers a calamity because he helped me get out of prison, I must rescue him, or I will not die in peace. ”

Yao Biao and Yang Zhiding looked at each other. After a while, Yang Zhiding spoke:

"You just robbed the Qin prisoner once, and you are going to rob the Qin prisoner again, this same thing, the same place, I'm afraid you can't do it twice."

Yao Biao frowned and said slightly: "Your uncle is completely reasonable. Tie Han, I listened to your description, you robbed the Dharma field this time, and your advice mainly relied on this friend you said. If you don't mind me saying this, his mind is much more shrewd than you are; If he really fails to get away and falls in, you will be helpless when you return to the capital and rely on yourself; What's more, you have already robbed the Dharma field once, and this second time in the capital will be heavily guarded, and the city gates will be closed, I am afraid that you will not succeed in robbing you, and you will not be able to escape, so you can only be sent to death in vain. ”

Liang Tiehan raised his head, looked straight at the two of them, and said sincerely:

"Uncle, Uncle Yao, I know you are worried about me. But since I was a child, my uncle taught me that my husband should put benevolence and righteousness first in his life. Brother Jing and I have never known each other in life, but we can generously risk death to help each other, in order to save the innocent and weak and escape from the crime, for a benevolent and righteous purpose. If he had been sinned against me and I had abandoned him, would I not have become the most unkind and selfish villain in the world? How can you still accept me? ”

Yao Biao stopped talking. Yang Zhiding was silent for a long time, stood up, walked up to Liang Tiehan, put one hand on his shoulder, nodded, and said with a smile:

"You're right, Tie Han; Being a man is based on benevolence and righteousness, and the husband is faithful first. Seventeen years ago, when your father-in-law brought you back to my Zhenshui Village, I was sure that you would be a person who was honest and loyal all his life; I've never missed it. You are the pride of my real water village. Go ahead; Be careful in everything. If all goes well, bring back a letter early. ”

Liang Tiehan also stood up: "Then I will leave; Uncle Yao, thank you; Uncle, go back and see my father-in-law, say hello to him on my behalf, and then make amends. Tie Han must have personally sent the Mu family siblings to his father-in-law, but I really can't delay it anymore now. If all goes well, I will go home and visit my stepfather as soon as possible. ”

"And your uncle, and your aunt, and your brothers and sisters; And don't forget about them, often write back. ”

"I will. Are they all okay? How is the fourth brother? ”

Yang Zhiding's loving face was filled with a trace of pride and distress:

"He, like you, is the pride of my real water village."

Liang Tiehan shook his head and grinned stupidly: "Impossible, the fourth brother is much stronger than me, he is the biological son of his father-in-law." ”

Sending Liang Tiehan away, the two masters returned to the middle hall together. Yang Zhiding was a little stunned.

"I don't know how many years I will see you again;" The owner of Zhenshui Village sighed, "The capital is dangerous; Even if he manages to escape, he has made his own home outside, and we can only hope that he will remember to come back and see. ”

Yao Biao filled the teacup for Yang Zhiding and himself, and said with a faint smile:

"Brother Yang can't give up? I remember that your cottage clan rules clearly ordered the clansmen to stay away from officialdom and forbade them to get involved in the government's political and military aircraft, otherwise they would be severely punished. Tie Han worked as an errand in the Zhou Palace, although he was not a government and military machine, but he also wiped the edge of officialdom; You can tell him to quit his errand, leave Kaifeng with his family, and move back to Yeyao Mountain, so that he can be with you sooner or later without leaving the mountain. ”

Yang Zhiding shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Then why bother; When the child grows up, there is no future in the mountains, and he can't keep it by relying on an old family rule. What's more, the second brother has already broken the restrictions of the clan rules and set a precedent; The rules of the clan have become an ancient legend. Tie Han is not living a good life outside. ”

"What about his father-in-law, what do you think?"

"No one knows the second brother's thoughts, so he can only guess. Since Tie Han left home, he has never mentioned him, as if he has never recognized this righteous son. But I'm sure he thinks of him; After all, Tie Han has been studying art with him for twelve years, getting along day and night, and the second brother is far better to him than his own children, which we all see. The second brother is a person who hides everything in his heart; Even if you miss it to the point where you can't bear to die or live, you will never tolerate being seen by others. So he never mentions Tie Han; Just as he had never seen her in person with us since his sibling's death. ”

Yao Biao pondered for a moment: "Tie Han and him are really very different in temperament. It seems that Shen Rufeng is at least well-educated no matter what he says. I really want to see what his only child with Du Yunjun is like. ”

Yang Zhiding sighed, frowned slightly, and his eyes were a little confused:

"The second brother's way of educating Xiao'er is completely different from that of Tie Han. - If you have a chance, you will meet Xiao'er; His father was too strict with him, and he was not allowed to go down the mountain at all. However, if I have the chance, I will definitely take him out into the outside world. ”