Counting nine cold days, Songjiang Mansion in the early morning was extremely deserted. Yang Fan rode a horse, and behind him sat Yu Wanru, who had been rescued from the sea. There was a small village in front of it, and it was cold, and there were few people walking, but the smoke of the house-to-house cooking was already rising, and he asked, "Is this it?" ”

Yu Wanru nodded and said, "Yes, yes, sir, look, that small house is my home." Yang Fan snorted lightly, although the horse borrowed from Wu Guang was not as strong as the Mongolian horse in the north, but it was also a strong and tall horse, and it entered the village along the way, attracting bursts of exclamations from the villagers on the side of the road.

"This ...... This is not Widow Yu, didn't she disappear by the river a few days ago? Why did you come back with a man? The two of them pointed. The woman on the side hurriedly pulled the old woman and said in a low voice: "Aunt Zhuang, be quiet, it seems that this widow Yu has met a nobleman, be careful, in case you ......"

"Hmm." The old woman quickly closed her mouth and walked to the side. Yang Fan's afterglow looked at the depression on Yu Wanru's face, "It's here." Yu Wanru came back to her senses and whispered, "Hmm, my Ni'er, where is my Ni'er?" Yu Wanru, who had just dismounted, pushed the door and entered, shouting.

After a while, a girl with pigtails followed the old man slowly. When the little girl saw her mother, she staggered over and shouted, "Mother." ”

"Niel!" Yu Wanru hugged the little girl's body tightly, and burst into tears. "Mother, Nier thinks her mother doesn't want me anymore." The little girl cried with a sad face, and her small mouth was pressed on Yu Wanru's shoulder.

Yu Wanru touched the red little face and said, "How come, how could my mother not want Nier?" The old village chief on one side was on crutches and hummed, "Really." Sangenzi left early, and you took care of Nier like this. If I hadn't seen her crying alone in the courtyard, I would have starved to death at home. Anyway, Yu girl, this is ......"

Yu Wanru let go of Nier and said, "Thank you Second Master, thank you Second Master." Wanru was washing clothes on the shore a few days ago, but she was kidnapped by a group of Japanese robbers and taken to the sea. Wan Ru would rather die than obey, and jumped into the sea to kill herself, but fortunately, this Lord Yang rescued her, otherwise Nier and I would really be separated by yin and yang. ”

"Lord ...... The lord ...... "The old village chief is dizzy. This young man's feelings are the lord of the dynasty. Hurriedly knelt down and trembled: "The little old man has no eyes, I don't know that the lord is coming, there is a loss of welcome, there is a loss of welcome." The old man kowtowed repeatedly. Yang Fan hurriedly helped him up and said: "The old village chief should not be polite, I also passed through here, and I happened to have something to do, so I sent Wanru girl over." Don't get me wrong. ”

"Alas, alas. Wanru girl, why don't you go and make some snacks, people have saved your life, and you can't entertain people well! The old village chief got up and thanked him, "The lord will rest here first, and wait for the little old man to call a few clan uncles in the village to come and see you together." "There has never been a person with a head and a face in this village, the biggest official is a small county official with sesame mung beans, the name of this lord, as soon as he heard it, he hurriedly called a few uncles to come over.

Yu Wanru wiped away her tears and said, "Sir, it's cold outside the house, you can do it inside." Yang Fan was very enthusiastic, so he sat down in the house. The house is a little shabby, but it is very clean. Wanru was busy in front of the stove for a long time, and finally brought a bowl of hot water, and said embarrassedly: "There is no tea at home, this hot water is warm up." ”

"Sister-in-law Yu is polite, I didn't expect you to be a mother with a child. When I was rescued, I thought it was a little girl. ”

The woman's expression was downcast, and her eye frames were moist again. "It's a pity that my man left early, leaving our mother and daughter behind. If Niel were a man, my man would have three big houses. Now Nier is a daughter, and the three big houses have also been taken away by the uncle in the village, saying that they are the things of the old Zhuang family, and this girl can't be separated, so she begged so that this dilapidated house temporarily let our mother and daughter settle down. ”

Yang Fan drank the bowl of hot water and understood that Yu Wan was complaining to herself, so she asked, "Doesn't the county master care?" "Women have no name, this is the rule that has always been the case, and it is the same when you go to the county master. Wanru can only sigh that Nier's life is miserable, and she only wants to pull her to grow up and find a good in-law in the future. With that, tears fell again.

Yang Fan sighed, and inadvertently put two ingots of silver on the table, leaning against the bowl, invisible from Yu Wanru's angle. "I won't eat anymore, I still have something to do. When your uncle comes, just say that I am gone. ”

"This ...... How does this make it, if the second master knows that I haven't entertained the lord yet, he will definitely complain. Yu Wanru thought that Yang Fan didn't like to eat much, so she said: "Sir, sit with peace of mind, Wanru will go to the town to buy some wine and food and come back to entertain the sir." ”

Yang Fan excused himself: "It's really unnecessary. You live well is the best reward for me. Say goodbye, and we'll see you at a later date. Yang Fan didn't linger, he got on the horse and left. Yu Wanru sat on the stool and sighed: "Life is hard, and I haven't even eaten to entertain my benefactor." ”

She picked up the bowl of water on the table and suddenly saw two ingots of silver. The tears flowed down again. Some people are destined to be passers-by for the rest of their lives, and they can't keep them no matter how they stay.

Yang Fan really left, he arrived in the town, drank some wine, and sat at the window in a daze. He always thought that he could be stable like this, and sat like this for half a day every day. Drink, be in a daze, and look at the scenery somewhere around the corner. It has been a whole year from entering Beijing last year to going south this winter. In the past year, after the war, he has been in the court and run a shop, and in the eyes of many people, this lord who has relied on his military exploits has a somewhat cynical appearance.

If you want to be a military general, then be on the battlefield, don't come to disturb the unspoken order of officialdom; If you want to enter the office, then come step by step, first after the spring season, don't do those lowly industries and commerce; If you want to do business, don't keep wearing Ling Hebo's hat over there, engage in some strange things, and go against the eight families of Tianqiao. This is a tacit understanding formed by mutual benefit and reciprocity between officials and businessmen over the years.

However, the appearance of Yang Fan has changed this official business circle that has reached a tacit understanding and is slowly corrupting. So everyone thinks so, if you Yang Fan don't let me have a good time, then don't think about it either. This is the hatred brought about by the contradiction of interests. Yang Fan didn't care, he wanted to return to the Thirteen Mountains, to the mountain with only a few thousand people, there were brothers who had been born and died, and there was no deceit in this officialdom.

He didn't believe that Li Dao and Sun Chengzong sent the two rabbit cubs to his side, just with the attitude of seeing the world. Where can you not see the world, do you have to follow a thorn in the eye and go to the sea to toss? He also didn't believe that this Dong Qichang was really for the 30,000 refugees, and he sold calligraphy and paintings, and he had to send them to Songjiang Mansion for 8,000 stone white rice.

However, he cannot doubt, accuse, or deny these impure actions. Sometimes, the purpose is not pure, and if the result is happy, then what reason does he Yang Fan have to refuse? People's hearts are complicated, and no one knows who they are, but every prescient chess piece thinks about how to lay out their own chess pieces to stabilize their position.

Thus was born. The killing may be visible bloody, but such a secret battle is often bloodless, and the family is destroyed overnight. Yang Fan used to like to play a Dota game, but he didn't like one hero very much, which was Bomberman, who was a scheming hero.

Now, he seems to have been assimilated by those people in Jingshi, and it is difficult to think in a simple place. When Mr. Su died, he said that the rivers and lakes are very simple, grievances and hatreds, only between the knife in the hand. However, in this officialdom, what you can't see is the sword and sword, but you never know where that lethal dagger comes from, what you need to do is not give others any chance to hurt you, and ...... Get stronger.

Yang Fan drank the wine in the cup and threw down the silver. Songjiang Mansion became a little warmer, Yang Fan opened his coat and led the horse away slowly......