Chapter 174: Kindness and Charity
Walking on the small street by the river, the voyage is in front, and the green lotus is behind. After trying to hold her Rouyi a few times, Qinghe shyly broke free. A wisp of green silk hung down on her face, her eyes reflected water, her face was slightly red, and she was charming in it. Seeing Yuanhang's heartbeat, he couldn't help but step forward, and said in his ear: "Do you know that after the **, it is the most beautiful time for you." ”
After hearing this, Qinghe hurriedly stopped, lowered his head, and instantly turned his neck red with shame, and scolded coquettishly: "If you say it again, I will ignore you today." ”
Yuanhang laughed, apologized and said: "Okay, it's wrong, please forgive me." ”
Bend down on the street and make amends for the green lotus. But Qinghe blushed even more, and said urgently: "Hurry up, how can there be a gift for the prince to make amends with me." "Let's peek around quietly, but don't let others look at you.
When the two of them were frolicking, they suddenly heard a person on the other side shouting: "Brother Ye, it turns out that you are here, so I can find it." ”
When the two of them heard the sound, they raised their eyes, and it turned out to be the white-clothed boy Duanmulong, who was taking two family members around the bluestone bridge in front of them and walked over.
"Brother Duanmu." Yuanhang stepped forward, Shi Li asked.
"Brother Ye, I went to the inn to look for you, and the entourage said that you left early in the morning, and I never wanted to meet you here, heh! This is ......" Duanmu Long looked at Qinghe behind Yuanhang, hurriedly took a step back, looked at Yuanhang and asked.
Yuanhang turned sideways, let go of Qinghe, and replied with a smile: "This is a cheap one." Then he introduced Qinghe and said, "Come and meet Brother Duanmu." ”
Qinghe knew etiquette, did not raise his head, stepped forward and bowed sideways, and said, "The concubine has seen Duanmu Gongzi." ”
Duanmulong returned the salute and said: "Sister-in-law is so dignified, listening to her sister-in-law's accent, she looks like a person from Jiangzhou." ”
Qinghe bowed his head in response, and then retreated behind Yuanhang and stood behind. Duanmu Long looked at the voyage and said, "Brother Ye, I have already informed my father about the courtyard, and my father promised to know tomorrow." ”
Yuanhang was happy in his heart after hearing this, and thanked: "If there is a place to stay, I will thank Brother Duanmu again." ”
Duanmu Long waved his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Ye is too polite. By the way, tomorrow is my father's birthday banquet, and I am here to invite Brother Ye to come, and I hope to enjoy the light. ”
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, tomorrow will come." The corners of Yuanhang's mouth were raised, but he muttered in his heart, I just asked you to let me follow, your father's birthday is really timely, and I can't help but feel a problem in my heart.
Duanmulong saluted Qinghe again, and said respectfully: "Please also ask your sister-in-law to give you thin noodles, and it is better to come with Brother Ye tomorrow." ”
Qinghe looked up at Yuanhang, Yuanhang nodded lightly, and then replied lightly: "The concubine should go with her husband to pay homage." ”
Duanmulong nodded and said with a smile: "It was my negligence, I only knew Brother Ye, but I didn't know Brother Ye's name." ”
Yuanhang patted his head, and said in an epiphany: "Blame me, blame me, I have a good relationship with Brother Duanmu, but I lost a big gift, my surname is Ye Fuzi, don't ask." "Yuanhang didn't say his real name, and he didn't know much about him, so it was better to be cautious. named Ye Mo asked, that is, to tell him that you don't ask, and if you ask, you will ask in vain.
After some politeness, Duanmu Long led the family to leave, and walked towards the inn while wandering with Qinghe.
Turning a street corner, it was already close to the inn, and there were a lot of people around a stone bridge. When I entered the room, I saw an old man, standing on the stone bridge, and shouted: "Heaven does not allow me, why should I stay here." With that, he threw himself forward and plunged into the river.
"Doctor Gu, don't ......" The people on both sides shouted one after another, and several young and strong men jumped off the shore and swam forward with all their might.
"At such an age, I still play in the river." Yuanhang muttered and looked at Hanoi. The river is not shallow, but fortunately, the distance is close, and several men work together to hold up the old man and swim back to the shore, and everyone hurriedly stretches out their hands and pulls him ashore.
The old man sat down on the ground and wept, saying, "Why do you save me, let me die." ”
Yuanhang leaned over, touched the old man, and asked, "You are not young at this age, don't you know if it is better to die than to live?" ”
The old man wiped a handful of tears, glanced at him, did not answer, and sighed heavily.
"Why did you throw yourself into the river?" Yuanhang then asked, but the old man still didn't answer, and a woman on the side rushed to say: "Doctor Gu's house was stolen yesterday and lost two silver taels, so I was afraid that I couldn't think about it and threw myself into the river." ”
I'll it, it's such a big, as for it. Yuanhang frowned and asked, "How many silver taels did you lose, and you don't even want your old life?" ”
The old man stopped crying and said in a deep voice: "This little brother, you don't know. I have a daughter, who has been married to the He family on East Street. The day before yesterday, I received a congratulatory gift and a hundred taels of silver, and I will get married in the near future. But unexpectedly, yesterday's home was stolen, and the old man's savings and the congratulatory gifts were stolen. No matter how I persuade the old man, the He family should not, the bride price is small, if the marriage is withdrawn, how can my daughter see people. ”
Yuanhang was just about to persuade, but a woman outside the crowd pushed aside everyone and shouted: "Daddy, daddy." ”
Everyone got out of the way, and a woman in purple threw herself on the old man and cried bitterly, sobbing: "Even if you die, your daughter is gone, how can my father be like this." ”
The old man hugged the woman and cried. Yuanhang couldn't bear to see it, got up and said to Qinghe: "Go to the inn to get two hundred taels of silver tickets and give them to this old man." ”
Qinghe also had tears in her eyes, wiped it, nodded and turned around and ran out.
"Uncle, don't cry." Yuanhang squatted down again and comforted: "Then the He family is like this, you should be happy." This family only recognizes money and wealth, and if they really marry their daughters, they will not be disliked. ”
"Yes, Doctor Gu, this son is reasonable." The people around persuaded one after another.
The woman turned her head to look at Yuanhang, who saw the woman sitting on the ground in shock, and shouted, "Suddenly, ......"
The woman looked dazed, the old man turned his head, and said, "This little brother, this is the little girl Qingxiang, I'm afraid that the little brother recognized the wrong person." ”
Yuanhang half opened his mouth, and looked at it carefully, sure enough, this woman was slightly thinner than Zhiran, but she was also nine points similar, no wonder she admitted her mistake at a glance. Na Qingxiang was embarrassed by the voyage, and turned her head to lean on the old man's shoulder.
Qinghe trotted all the way back and handed over the silver ticket. After Yuanhang took it, he turned to the old man's hand and said, "Uncle, you can take this silver, and give it a dowry to the He family, and keep the rest for your livelihood." ”
The old man hurriedly pushed back and said, "I can't help it, I can't help it, son, I can't ask for it." ”
Qinghe squatted down and said softly: "Uncle, my family is kind, you take it, go home quickly." ”
The people applauded happily and praised the voyage, which made it a little embarrassing.
The old man stood up with the support of his daughter, and the father and daughter saluted the voyage and said, "Dare to ask the son's surname, and wait for the old man to repay the son in the future." ”
Yuanhang waved his hand again and again, and said: "It's a trivial matter, it's not enough to worry about it, the old man will go back first, and I'll go to the house to pay a visit another day." After speaking, he hurriedly pulled Qinghe and squeezed out the crowd and walked towards the inn.
Jiangzhou Garrison Mansion is located in the west of the north gate of Jiangzhou City, covering an area of nearly 80 acres. A mansion almost occupies the northwest corner of Jiangzhou City, which shows that this mansion is large and large. This was originally the Zhizhou Mansion, but because of the Shangliang War many years ago, Jiangzhou garrisoned the city, but Zhizhou fled from the battle. After the war was over, the monarch of Liang beheaded Nazhizhou and rewarded the mansion to the garrison. Since then, it has been passed down as a garrison mansion, and Jiangzhou has become the only city with a garrison area larger than the governor's mansion.
Chen Sidao is the garrison of this Jiangzhou, and he is also the father of Chen Yihao, who took the test with Yuanhang, and the distant nephew of Chen Fu, the leader of the eunuchs. He was even more greedy for Qinghe's beauty back then and put Qinghe's father in prison.
Chen Sidao looks quite young, but his appearance is really not flattering. The two eyebrows are crooked, and they look like two caterpillars crawling on the triangular eyes. The nose is not small, and it seems that the only superhuman thing is this sense of smell. The figure is relatively burly, and at first glance, you can see that it is a practitioner.
A person stood beside him, handed over a portrait, and said, "General Chen, this person is Ye Yuanhang." The prince was ordered by Chen Si to send me to send this, and asked the general to search the city and find this person. ”
Chen Sidao stared at it for a while, threw the portrait on the table, and asked, "This person is Ye Yuanhang, who ranked first in the trial?" ”
"Yes, General. The lord instructed that if he found that he had an arrow wound on his right chest, if not, he should be placed under control and played in the middle of the court. ”
Chen Sidao stood up, lowered his head in contemplation, walked a few steps, and said, "I understand, go back and tell your lordship that if he comes to Jiangzhou, I will definitely find him." ”
"The little one quits." The man bowed and withdrew.
There was also a guest from the Zhizhou Mansion, which was Qiu Dong, the leader of the Nine Princesses' Iron Guard. Qiu Dong took out the princess jade card, and said that he would talk to Duanmu Yiren in the future, and Duanmu Yiren agreed, and fully assisted Tiewei to find Ye Yuanhang in Jiangzhou. Qiu Dongxie left the Zhizhou Mansion after that, scattered the iron guards, and went all the way to the prosperous places in the city to investigate, and all the way to the inns to find out privately.
Situ Hao's family searched Jingzhou for two days without success, and rushed to Jiangzhou at the same time. Everyone did not dare to alarm the government, so they had to disperse in a team of two people in the city, hoping to discover the voyage as soon as possible.
At this time, Yuanhang and Qinghe were walking slowly towards the inn, and a man with a flat shoulder on his shoulder, and a big fish tied to each side, blocked in front of the two of them horizontally, and asked with a smile: "Childe, buy a fish." ”
Yuanhang smiled and pulled away Qinghe and replied, "Thank you, no." ”
The man got out of the way and stood aside, and as the voyage passed by him, the fish seller lowered his voice and said again, "Sir, buy one." ”
After hearing this, Yuanhang stopped and looked sideways at the man. The man was wearing a hat, and he could only see below his nose. Before Yuanhang could ask questions, the man then moved his mouth and said, "Buy one." ”
"Okay, I don't have any silver taels on me, you go to the inn with me, and I'll buy one." After Yuanhang finished speaking, he stopped looking at him, picked up Qinghe and hurriedly walked towards the inn. The man carried the flat burden, followed closely behind him, and entered the inn.