Chapter 689: I Saw the Old Man Over the Wall, But I Heard the Pirate's Traces
Guangzhou Lianxi Academy, which was directly named by the great master Zhou Kang in the procuratorate, was calm at this time, a quiet and peaceful school scene. Although women are not allowed to enter and leave here on weekdays, after all, the students of the academy often have female relatives in their families come to visit, but staying overnight is strictly prohibited, so Chen Bingchang would encounter such trouble before. Of course, a bunch of men in the academy, and the occasional woman, often attract a lot of attention.
So, in order to avoid being watched, when Xiaobei came here with Bizhu, he was already dressed as a man, and he was a scholar who came to visit with a scholar. But when she inquired all the way and came to the courtyard where Wang Ji was borrowing, she was stopped tightly, and it was difficult for her to take out Wang Fulin's signboard and ask to see her.
Seeing that the four family members couldn't get over like a roadblock, the little girl rolled her eyes, and said angrily: "If you don't see it, you won't see it, let's go, let's go back!" ”
Bizhu still doesn't know Xiaobei's temperament? said that he was going home, but in his heart, he might have the idea of climbing over the wall. If it was somewhere else, she would definitely persuade one or two, but since Wang Fulin said that it was not only Wang Ji who lived here, but also He Xinyin, how could that Mr. He tolerate his own young lady's nonsense, plus there was no result from the procuratorate before, if she stopped Xiaobei, maybe this would not be in the academy to climb over the wall, but directly climb over the wall into the procuratorate, and see that Wang Fulin can withstand the siege of those officials, so she obediently didn't say a word.
For a moment, the master and servant bypassed the main gate of the courtyard, crossed the side wall of the front yard, and quietly came to the wall of the back yard.
This kind of fence is no more than a zhang high. For their master and servant. It's as easy as an ordinary person crossing a small ditch. Bizhu first put on a pair of special gloves. Jumping forward, he grabbed the edge of the wall with both hands, glanced around to make sure it was safe, and turned back to Xiaobei and bowed slightly. The next moment, Xiaobei didn't even wear gloves, a small run, and then it was like flying off the wall, and the whole person actually ran on the upright wall. When he was exhausted in the end, it was a churn, and he landed steadily on the wall. Seeing that there was no one in the yard, the little girl jumped and landed firmly on the ground.
But before she could be happy because she had sneaked in safely, she only heard a loud shout: "Who is it?" ”
Suddenly, a figure burst out of a shadow in front of the house, and the whole person flew up like a sharp arrow from a string. In the face of this sudden attack, Xiaobei was startled, and hurriedly shouted while dodging: "Uncle He, you are not here." It's me! ”
The person who came out of the front of the room did not stop because of Xiaobei's shouting, but moved three points faster. However. What he didn't expect was that although this young man with a somewhat sissy voice was quite embarrassed, he didn't catch a single hair from the other party. Not only that, but as another person fell from the wall, he fell into a situation of two people besieging him. But such a very small movement, the housekeeper outside did not come in to check, and no one came out of the house, and all his attacks were dodged by the two boys who came out of nowhere, which made him annoyed.
Until he played a little bit of real fire, and when he was about to come to the real thing, he only heard a hearty laugh from the room: "Okay, okay, stop it, don't fight in your own nest!" ”
Hey?
Xiaobei saw that the opponent who came out inexplicably retreated, and he stopped dodging, but he couldn't help but look into the room. When the door of the house opened and a figure appeared, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she exclaimed, "Uncle Lu, why are you here?" Before, they only told me that Uncle He was here. ”
Bizhu also recognized Lu Guangwu, and he had to salute. And Lu Guangwu strode out, and when he arrived in front of Xiaobei, he actually smiled and rubbed her head: "You girl, you are already married and you still can't get out of this temper, you can't get in at the main gate, you will climb over the wall, where is the elegance of a famous lady?" ”
"Uncle Lu, how can there be someone like you, who will expose people's shortcomings as soon as they meet." Xiaobei was embarrassed, but she refused to admit defeat, but stretched out her head to look into the room, and saw that Lu Guangwu came out of a very old man, but she didn't see He Xinyin, she suddenly asked with some doubts, "Where is Uncle He?" ”
Although He Xinyin and Lu Guangwu are teachers and students, Xiaobei and Wang Fulin are originally messy with their names, so Bizhu is not surprised when he hears it. However, the middle-aged man who had just fought with them was different, he was so confused that he couldn't tell the relationship between this young man and Lu Guangwu at all, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Wang Ji, as if he was counting on Wang Ji to help him explain. However, Wang Ji's reaction was similarly shrugged.
"Don't look at me, old man, I don't know these two little brothers...... No, it should be said that Miss is sacred. ”
Seeing that the Angzang man was dumbfounded, obviously he didn't expect that the object he had just fought with was a woman, and Lu Guangwu couldn't help but laugh. Hearing Wang Ji ridicule again, he did not answer Xiaobei's question, but beckoned their master and servant to follow him to Wang Ji, and introduced with a smile: "This is Mr. Longxi, who has just been Zheng Mingxian, the youngest son of Zheng Bolu. Needless to say, Mr. Longxi, you should remember Zheng Bolugong, right? ”
"It's Zheng Bolugong, who wrote "Japanese Atlas", "Preparation of the Sea", "Jiangnan Jinglu", after pacifying the Japanese Kou, the imperial court awarded him brocade clothes but refused, and his father recommended him to repair the history of the country and politely declined? I remember my father once said that in terms of coastal defense strategy, foresight, and coastal defense vision, no book can surpass these three books throughout the ages, and no one can beat Mr. Zheng. ”
Xiaobei has a very good memory, or in other words, in the years when she was out of exile and knew that her father died, she often repeated what her father said in her heart, so she survived bit by bit. Speaking of this, she couldn't help but show a trace of reminiscence on her face, and then her eyes dimmed again. It's just that her father Hu Zongxian is dead, and Zheng Ruozeng is older than her father, and she has also died as early as when she followed her father and mother to She County to take office.
However, for Wang Ji and Zheng Mingxian, Lu Guangwu was obviously familiar with these two uninvited guests who crossed the wall, and this was not a big deal. After all, Lu Guangwu traveled around the world on the orders of He Xinyin. Seek out talented people. Maybe that's the fate? But the word father that Xiaobei just mentioned really surprised them. Wang Ji suddenly remembered what He Xinyin had told him before, his eyes lit up, and he asked with a smile: "Could it be Hu Gong's little daughter who came?" ”
Xiaobei also realized that he had just aroused his father's sorrow, and it was really a bit rude, so he had to salute again, but he shook his head and said, "Mr. Longxi, now I am the daughter of the Ye family, the wife of the Wang family." There is no need to talk about the old things back then. ”
Anyway, during the winter solstice of Qingming Dynasty, she would look at the direction of her father's tomb and kowtow, burn paper with Wang Fulin, and quietly go to sweep the tomb when she returned to her hometown, whether it is the Hu family or not, it doesn't matter!
After Zheng Ming saw Wang Ji snort, he really never mentioned this matter, and Lu Guangwu didn't explain, even if he was itching in his heart, he really wanted to know if the woman in front of him dressed as a man was really Hu Zongxian's daughter. But neither the person concerned nor Lu Guangwu and Wang Ji said anything, and he couldn't ask questions. What's more, there is a difference between men and women, and he doesn't even look at other people's faces too much. When Lu Guangwu also beckoned him into the room, he saw Xiaobei repeatedly refusing to sit down, so he thought about it even more.
The three words Ye Nu are easy to understand, probably saying that after Hu Zongxian committed suicide in prison that year, this daughter was exiled and adopted by the Ye family. As for the wife of the Wang family, then it means that the other party is already married, and she is married to the Wang family. Now that people appear in Guangzhou, then the husband's family should be a native of Guangdong, but unfortunately he is from Kunshan, Jiangsu, if it weren't for Lu Guangwu inviting him to go south, he didn't know any Cantonese at all, and he was in Guangdong with no eyes, and he didn't know anything about the local portals, so with only a Wang character, he couldn't guess which family the daughter of the Hu family married to.
However, Zheng Mingxian didn't have to guess anymore soon, because Wang Ji had already said with a smile: "You are looking for your Uncle He, but you are two days late, and he has just left." He is too good at causing trouble, Ling Yunyi, the governor of Liangguang, didn't know where to get the news, so he sent people to wander around Lianxi Academy, he didn't want to involve others, so he naturally couldn't stay. In addition, your father-in-law is so powerful, he actually squeezed him with words, and wanted him to cultivate his self-cultivation and not show his head to be a bird, and I also promised your father-in-law to help persuade peace, but I could only say sorry. Even if he has three heads and six arms, he can't stop the persistence of He's heart sword. ”
Xiaobei didn't notice that Zheng Ming first heard that your father-in-law was patrolling the imperial history, and immediately looked stunned, and stared at her twice. Wang Ji and He Xinyin entrusted Wang Fulin to the thorny matter, she had heard about it from Wang Fulin on the night of the meeting of the husband and wife in Xiangshan County, and she also agreed with Wang Fulin to squeeze He Xinyin to help, and asked him not to continue to lecture all over the world. However, she didn't expect that He Xinyin would disappear directly before Wang Fulin was free to come again, before she got the news that she came here!
She was in a somewhat depressed mood and didn't say anything for a long time, and only then did she sigh for a long time, and then she looked up at Lu Guangwu: "What about Uncle Lu?" Have you met Uncle Ho? ”
"I'm more unlucky than you, I arrived with Brother Zheng yesterday, but Mr. left a day before me, and he didn't even meet him on the road, so it seems that he didn't go north directly, but didn't know where he went." Lu Guangwu shook his head a little self-deprecatingly, and seeing that the atmosphere in the room was a little dull, he diverted the topic and said, "By the way, Brother Zheng and I also rescued a girl on the way, but the people we brought were all big men, and it was inconvenient to take care of them, so we placed people in the inn before." It is impossible for you to come and live in the courtyard, and you will always stay in Guangzhou City for a while, can you help us take care of that girl?" ”
"It turns out that Uncle Lu will also be a hero to save the beauty." Xiaobei finally felt better, but she joked with a smile, seeing that Lu Guangwu glared angrily, of course she didn't have any fear, and after blinking her eyes, she agreed, "It's just a small matter, Uncle Lu, you tell me the name of the inn and the girl's name, and Bizhu and I will pick people up in a while." ”
"Four Seas Inn, Brother Zheng and I have a separate courtyard, and when the time comes, we will take you directly there, and it will save the girl from being too vigilant. I don't know if it's because I'm afraid that we're all men, she didn't say a word except that her name was Xiuzhu, but fortunately you came today, otherwise I really don't know what to do. ”
Wang Ji listened with a smile on the side, and didn't intervene much, but at this time he suddenly said: "Changli, it is true that you brought Zheng Jiaerlang to Guangdong this time to see Fushan, but you also told me yesterday that you got the news of the giant thief Lin Daoqian on the road. Now that our wife is here, why don't you hurry up and talk about it? ”
Lin Daoqian?
Xiao Beideng's expression was solemn, but Bizhu finally couldn't help it, and exclaimed softly: "Lin Daoqian? That famous pirate leader who even Yu Dashuai personally cleaned up and finally let him escape? Didn't he flee to Siam, how dare he come back? After my sister and I entered Guangdong, I heard about his reputation, and I heard that since Zeng Yi died, he and Lin Afeng are the most famous pirates in Chaozhou, and some people even say that even Wang Zhi at the beginning is not as good as his cunning rabbit three holes, and he is scheming! However, is there any news that he is dead? Died in the infighting of the accomplices on board! ”
Although he knew that Xiaobei was the wife of Wang Fulin, the new Guangdong Governor, and it was also likely to be Hu Zongxian's daughter, but even so, the other party could still remember Hu Zongxian's comments to his father Zheng Ruozeng, Zheng Mingxian felt that this was already very powerful, but he didn't expect that a girl next to her would know who Lin Daoqian was! No wonder the two masters and servants were so arrogant that they went directly over the wall to find He Xinyin, and Wang Fulin dared not to take the ban of the imperial court not to bring his family to heart, and let his wife run outside!
Xiaobei finally found Zheng Mingxian's frequent gaze at this time, but she didn't care much about being looked at, and she didn't have time to guess the other party's thoughts at this time, so she followed Bizhu's words and said: "That's right, I heard that Lin Daoqian had sneaked back to Chaozhou Mansion three years ago, and recruited a group of villagers to follow him south to Siam...... In other words, is this news only known to Uncle Lu and Zheng Gongzi, or has the government already heard about it? ”
Although he was called Zheng Gongzi at his age, Zheng Mingxian was a little ridiculous, but for Xiaobei's question, of course, he did not hesitate to explain one or two: "The two of us did not come from Jiangxi, but took Fujian and passed through Chaozhou Mansion." Brother Lu's temper should be known to you, he doesn't go to the city, he always goes to those countryside, thanks to him and his companion can speak Cantonese well, and we don't keep silent when there are people, so I heard in Chaozhou Mansion that someone recruited landless peasants from the countryside to make a fortune in Nanyang. If it is said that Chaozhou smuggling is the most rampant, and there are people who secretly sell goods to the South Seas and even the East, it can be said that it is the Pattani who went to Siam, and Brother Lu paid attention to it. You must know that Lin Daoqian went to Siam to settle in Pattani, and it is said that he was respected as a guest chief and did not die. ”
"It's a big matter, I will definitely tell my family when I turn around." It was only at this time that Xiaobei suddenly remembered that he had completely forgotten what was going on over there in the procuratorate.
Oops, if Wang Fulin can't stand those big and small officials, it will be a disadvantage, and he will be led by the nose in the future! I don't care about anything else!
At this moment, she only heard Lu Guangwu smile and said: "Don't worry, we have also sent someone to inquire about the news in the procuratorate, and once there is any movement, we will report it immediately." Just wait with your heart and mind! ”
PS: The first update (to be continued.) )