Chapter Seventy-Two: Returning Home
This time when he returned to Shaoxing, Gao Huaiyuan did not bring many people with him, but traveled lightly, and only took Liu Er and Li Tong, Huang Yan, and Zhou Hao on the road together, so that he would not be ostentatious on the road, and he would not have to worry about what Gao Jian would see after returning to Shaoxing, after all, he was still young, and it was not good to give Gao Jian an account of accepting slaves without authorization.
It was still a group of five people who left Shaoxing more than a year ago, drove two mule carts, loaded some local products from Daye's hometown, and then rushed to Shaoxing.
This time Gao Huaiyuan still chose to take the land route back to Shaoxing, although it is more comfortable to take a boat from the Yangtze River by water, but it is more delayed, after arriving in Jiankang, you have to get off the boat and go back to Shaoxing by land, it is inevitable that it will delay time, and it is not good to wait for them to return to Shaoxing, it will be difficult to do after the New Year is over!
So in order to hurry, after Gao Huaiyuan arranged the things here, he instructed Xue Yan to send New Year's gifts to Liu Zhixian and others from the county government, and then hurried on the road with Li Tong and others.
Originally, he didn't want Liu Er to suffer from the fatigue of the carriage and horses with him, but Liu Er said that he didn't agree to anything, he was worried that Gao Huaiyuan would have no one to take care of him on the road, so he had to go back with Gao Huaiyuan, so Gao Huaiyuan took her with him, and his spoiling made Li Tong, Huang Yan and Zhou Hao see it clearly.
This time I went back not than the last time I came, they had to return to Shaoxing Mansion before the year, so they had no interest in touring the mountains and rivers, no longer stopping along the way, basically even lunch was solved in the car, only at night to play thousands of accommodation, plus after walking once, the road was also familiar, so it was a lot faster than the last time I came.
Along the way, I still saw a lot of displaced people in many places, for this situation, Gao Huaiyuan couldn't help it, so he could only let it go, he was in this world, the current power was still too small and too small, and he was powerless to change the fate of so many people.
Because of the problem of the homeless, the road is not very peaceful, and there are three or four times along the way by the thieves who cut the path, but now Gao Huaiyuan, Huang Yan, and Zhou Hao are no longer the children of more than a year ago, each of them is tall and strong, and the kung fu is also advancing by leaps and bounds, plus after many experiences, Huang Yan and Zhou Hao are not only much better in kung fu, but also much bolder.
These few times when I met the thief cut the path, almost no Gao Huaiyuan did it, two people with a big stick in their hands, and they beat those thieves crying dad and shouting mother's head rats, running a little slower will be beaten to the head and bleeding, serious will be beaten on the spot tendons and fractures, death is not dead, but don't want to live this year!
There is Gao Huaiyuan, who is ruthless, and he is not afraid of anything big, so after just a few days, he rushed to the foot of Huangshan Mountain.
As in the past, they did not make any stops, quickly rushed through the Yellow Mountain, continued to rush in the direction of Shaoxing, in the afternoon, they crossed the boundary of the Yellow Mountain, the pedestrians on the road were also scarce, some mountains and forests continued to appear on both sides, the road was not easy to walk, and the car slowed down.
Gao Huaiyuan lamented, if this is put in the future generations, let alone take a plane, a train and a car, and roughly rush to Shaoxing in one day, but now, if it is fast in a day, it can only be one or two hundred miles, and if you can't encounter anything, it's really a delay!
After walking so many roads, they now have rich experience in traveling, places like this are generally not peaceful, and they are exactly where bandits infest, so after entering this road, Gao Huaiyuan and the others are careful, and they put the guys who take advantage of them by their side, ready to deal with emergencies at any time.
The sky lived up to its wishes, and what were you afraid of was really something, and two mule carts were on the way, when twenty or thirty thieves in different clothes suddenly popped out on the side of the road, blocking their way.
This time Huang Yan and Zhou Hao were a little nervous, after all, when they met thieves the first few times, there were at most seven or eight people, so they were relatively easy to deal with, but this time there were too many opponents, and if they wanted to solve them, I am afraid that the two of them alone would not work.
As soon as Li Tong saw this situation, he immediately followed Gao Huaiyuan's instructions and plunged into the car, he didn't know martial arts, he would only add chaos to this kind of thing, so it was safer to hide, as for Liu Er, she pulled out a dagger and sat in the car, although she was a little nervous, but she had blind confidence in Gao Huaiyuan, and felt that as long as Gao Huaiyuan was there, there was nothing to be afraid of.
Something like this, Gao Huaiyuan is a little tired, it's fun to fight robbers for the first time, but if you fight too much, it's not interesting, how did Da Song become this virtue now, last time I only met Xue Yan and a thief, but this time I met so many times, could it be that they were too lucky.
As soon as these thieves came out, they immediately shouted for Gao Huaiyuan and the others to get out of the car immediately, leave their belongings and get out of the house quickly, threatening them otherwise.
Gao Huaiyuan saw that it was already impossible to be good, so many thieves were not something that could be sent away with two dollars, so he was not polite, just beat it.
So he carried a long stick, and took Huang Yan and Zhou Hao to kill it, but it scared the gang of thieves, and said in his heart that this young man was really timid, and the three of them dared to do it with so many of them, so he suddenly became murderous, and pounced on him with a scream.
Gao Huaiyuan was not polite, after picking up the stick, there was a great kind of courage that was not appropriate, and he knocked over several thieves in a short time, and Huang Yan and Zhou Hao had Gao Huaiyuan, the boss, and they were not soft at hand, and they put their opponents to the ground one after another, making the thieves scream, and they no longer dared to underestimate them.
The thief led by him was also a ruthless person, and as soon as he saw the idea, he became murderous, and secretly let a few of his subordinates take out their bows and arrows and carry out a sneak attack on Gao Huaiyuan and the three of them.
At first, Gao Huaiyuan didn't expect that the other party still had a bow and arrow in his hand, but when he found that the momentum was wrong, it was already a little late, Gao Huaiyuan quickly stopped Huang Yan and the others, raised his hand and flew a few bows and arrows, and was almost shot by a cold arrow, so he was shocked into a cold sweat!
He was also enraged at this time, rob and rob, if you have to kill, it will be unforgivable, no matter why you robbed, this alone is a taboo of Gao Huaiyuan, it is not easy to come to this world by yourself, where can you die so easily in the hands of a group of thieves!
Now Gao Huaiyuan is also connected, in this world to protect himself, sometimes too soft-hearted, if you are not careful, you will be harmed, so when the other party shoots them with a bow and arrow, Gao Huaiyuan no longer stays hands, pulls out the three-edged flying knife on his waist, and throws it up when he opens the bow left and right, this time the thieves are unlucky, where do they have the ability to avoid Gao Huaiyuan's flying knife, but after a while, those guys with bows and arrows wailed that this fell to the ground, and everyone was stabbed in the vital point, even if they don't die, I'm afraid they will be crippled.
This time, the thieves knew that something was wrong, and they had hit the hard stubble, so they screamed, turned around and ran, and they could still control their own brothers.
For such a ruthless and unrighteous group of people, Gao Huaiyuan hated it even more, and came out to disregard the life and death of his brother, and he deserved to die, so he picked up a pair of bows and arrows on the ground, and raised his hand to be an arrow, but the thief ran out not far, and was nailed to the back of the heart by Gao Huaiyuan, and fell to the ground, seeing that he couldn't survive.
After solving this group of people, Gao Huaiyuan didn't dare to delay here, and hurriedly went on the road to continue to move forward, and the provincial murderer attracted a lawsuit again, and even didn't stop at night, all the way across the boundary of Huangshan Mountain, it was relieved, and when he arrived here, it was not far from Lin'an, as the capital of a country, it was relatively safe on the ground.
Counting the days, there are still four or five days before the thirtieth of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and they basically did not delay much along the way, and finally they were able to rush back to Shaoxing Mansion before the year, so when they arrived here, they were no longer in a hurry.
In this way, finally at noon on the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, a group of five people entered the city of Shaoxing Mansion that had been away for more than a year, as soon as they entered the city, Huang Yan and Zhou Hao said goodbye and went home to see first, and their expressions were also very eager, Gao Huaiyuan naturally knew their feelings, and did not delay them, took off two packages full of various gifts from the car and handed them to them, so that they could take them home for their families to use.
The two were not polite to Gao Huaiyuan, and after taking it, they said goodbye and walked home, while Gao Huaiyuan personally drove and returned to Gaofu in the south of the city with Li Tong.
Standing in front of the Gao Mansion, looking at the Gao family compound that seemed to have not changed, Gao Huaiyuan's mood was very complicated, to say that this was his birthplace, but he didn't have the slightest sense of cordiality, if it weren't for Gao Jian's recruitment of him back, Gao Huaiyuan really wouldn't come back here for the rest of his life, and he didn't want to return here, because in the memory left to him here, there was no family affection at all, and there were cold eyes and discrimination everywhere, which made him feel uncomfortable when he thought about it now.
But since they have come here, it is impossible not to go in, and the guards of the Gaofu have already seen the three of them, and their eyes are full of surprise.
"What are you doing? Hurry up and inform the master, our third young master is back! "Li Tong is not the angry servant in Gao Mansion now, he is now Gao Huaiyuan's cronies, and he also knows that Gao Huaiyuan is now a capable person, he no longer has to worry about being angry like before in the Gao family.
But Li Tong feels good about himself, but the two guys who are guarding the door still don't treat him as a dish, after seeing clearly that it is Gao Huaiyuan and them, his heart is still the same as before, full of contempt, although Gao Huaiyuan is now tall and big, but in their minds, Gao Huaiyuan is still the stupid boy before, but he has grown up a little.
So one of them walked out coldly, ignored Gao Huaiyuan, and said to them: "The master is still in the yamen and has not come back, so you can go in through the side door!" ”
Li Tong was not happy when he heard it, in his eyes, now Gao Huaiyuan can be said to be as big as the sky, but this guy didn't even let them go through the main gate, and let Gao Huaiyuan drive through the side door by himself, which clearly showed that he was snubbing Gao Huaiyuan, how could he be willing to do it!
So Li Tong immediately stepped forward and scolded the guy: "You guy is so rude, open your dog's eyes and see, this is the third young master of our family is back, but you don't hurry up to take the car, please let the young master go in and rest, our third young master is tired of traveling and driving, and it took several days to return here, is there a person like you?" ”
As a result, the guy was scolded by Li Tong, but he stopped doing it, and said with a sneer: "What are you, you are arguing with me here, isn't it that the third young master is back?" What's the big deal? Don't give me a score, let you go to the side door, you go to the side door, I'm watching the door, I don't have time to serve you! You still think you are something, you dare to scold me, see if I don't suck your mouth! This guy really dared to do it, and he was about to raise his hand and slap Li Tong in the mouth as he spoke.
Gao Huaiyuan naturally knows why this guy is so arrogant, needless to say, he still thinks he is the stupid boy who has no roots and no foundation before, and he is not in Shaoxing during this time, in their eyes, it is equivalent to being exiled to Daye's old mansion, so it is basically impossible to make them respect themselves!
But this guy is really angry, it depends on the owner to beat the dog, Li Tong is now following his cronies, if he doesn't come out, then who will stand up for Li Tong!
So without waiting for the guy to do it, Gao Huaiyuan made his hand first, and after the big slap was opened, he only heard a popping sound, and then looked at the arrogant janitor, who immediately followed the spinning top of the clockwork and spun in a circle, staggered diagonally and rushed out, hit the wall next to him, rolled his eyes, fell to the ground softly, and fainted with foaming at the mouth.
Gao Huaiyuan looked coldly at the other gatekeeper and said: "I tell you, no matter how I say that I am also your third young master, I can't allow you to be arrogant in front of me, hurry up and take the car and rush to the yard, if you dare to snub me, he will be your end!" ”
It has always been soft and afraid of hard, Gao Huaiyuan came back this time, and he behaved quite strongly, and immediately calmed down this little guy, he suddenly remembered that more than a year ago, before Gao Huaiyuan left the Gao family, the fate of the Li family's little guy, and now Gao Huaiyuan has obviously grown like an adult, and he can't afford to live with him, in fact, he can't get along with himself, so many people are now in charge of the Gao family's old house, and he can't afford to provoke him.
So this little guy didn't dare to care about the little guy who was knocked out, so he quickly took Gao Huaiyuan's car, carefully accompanied the smiling face, let Gao Huaiyuan go to the gate, and ran to drive the big car to the yard.
Li Tong is so proud! Following Gao Huaiyuan is cool, he was still unhappy because of this, he really thought about it and felt that he should slap his mouth, now look at who else in the Gao family dares to bully him, there is Gao Huaiyuan, and the one lying outside the door is the best example.
After entering the courtyard, Gao Huaiyuan took a look at the situation in the courtyard, basically there was no change around him, and some of the servants in the courtyard had just heard about what was happening outside the door after Gao Huaiyuan came in, and they were so frightened that they didn't dare to be arrogant in front of Gao Huaiyuan anymore, and they came over with smiling faces to give Gao Huaiyuan a salute.
Gao Huaiyuan didn't put on a show, people respected him, he respected people, nodded and saluted these subordinates one by one, the result was that it immediately aroused the favor of these subordinates, and they pondered, in fact, this stupid young master is still very good! At least there's no domineering arrogance! The guy outside the door deserves it, and he really doesn't deserve sympathy for himself to let the master fight.
Gao Jian was not there, Gao Huaiyuan wanted to settle the things he brought back first, so after asking, he knew that the small courtyard where he lived before was still empty, so he asked people to put the things that were not brought back to the Gao family in his previous small courtyard first, and asked Liu Er and Li Tong to clean up the small courtyard first, and he still lived in the small courtyard.
Li Tong and Liu Er immediately went to get busy, and Gao Huaiyuan had to go to meet Gao Jian's wife Zhang first, otherwise, he would have to arouse the accusations of these women, and it would not be wrong to have less trouble.
Zhang looked at Gao Huaiyuan in front of him in surprise, and her heart was quite unpleasant, although she was Gao Jian's wife, but her life was not good, but she gave birth to a son who was not angry, since her son made a scandal of adultery with Gao Jian's concubine, even she herself was affected, and lost her influence on Gao Jian, and now it is rare to see Gao Jian's face for ten days and half a month.
And her son Gao Huailiang, since that incident, was beaten by Gao Jian, and later after Gao Huaiyuan left Shaoxing, Gao Jian felt that it was a shame to keep this guy in the Gao family, so he found a place in the south of Fujian, and drove Gao Huailiang to the south.
Zhang looked at Gao Huaiyuan, who he hadn't seen for more than a year, and saw that he was unusually tall and strong, and he had the demeanor of some adults in his gestures, where was there still a little bit of the stupid feeling before! And from his gaze, there was a strong self-confidence, not like a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy at all, but more like a young man, so he was very surprised.
But Zhang and Gao Huaiyuan didn't have anything to say, just chatted lightly, and then asked Gao Huaiyuan to go down to rest first, waiting for Gao Jian to come back, and the family was reunited.
Gao Huaiyuan didn't bother to greet those Gao Jian's concubines one by one, so he simply went back to his small courtyard to rest first, and waited for Gao Jian to come back.
As soon as he walked outside the small courtyard, he heard someone inside scolding: "Can you take care of Young Master's affairs?" Get the hell out of here! ......" said when he heard a snap, followed by a snort from Li Tong.