Master Qiao's family of three didn't go, talking about something in a low voice.

All the people in the Sang family went out, including Sang Xiaomei, who went out with Huang Qin's support, which made Zuo Shaoyang a little surprised.

Since there are not many people, it is not easy to discuss things, so it is better to bring back the rice seeds first, so as not to have many dreams at night.

Zuo Gui and the others were about to go out to the state yamen, but they were stopped by Master Qiao.

Master Qiao said with a smile: "Zuo Langzhong, the old couple has something urgent to discuss with your husband and wife, can it take up a while?" Soon. ”

Seeing his expression, Zuo Gui guessed a few points, stroked his beard and nodded, and asked Zuo Shaoyang to wait for him at the door, and then followed his wife Liang to the next room with Mr. and Mrs. Qiao, closed the door and talked.

Mr. Qiao and his wife first exchanged a few polite words, and after repeatedly expressing their gratitude to the Zuo family, Mr. Qiao said hesitantly: "Zuo Langzhong, that's the case, I went to the city gate to inquire just now, and the rebels in Shuanghuai County have surrendered. The county seat has been opened, you can enter and exit freely, the old man and the clumsy Jing have discussed, this military disaster, our Qiao family compound was burned to the ground, and there is nothing left. So, I want to leave the city immediately and go to the dogs. Inuko served as a school scrivener in the capital Hongwen Museum. The dog used to pick us up and live five times, but it never made the trip. The burning down of the house this time can be regarded as providence. We are going to live in the dog where we will not come back in the future. ”

When Liang heard this, he was a little anxious and said, "What about Qiao'er?" Will Qiao'er go with you? ”

Master Qiao and Mrs. Qiao glanced at each other, smiled a little awkwardly, and Master Qiao said: "Our original intention was to give Qiao'er to Ling Lang as his wife, but Ling Lang has been vague and has not said anything about the matchmaker, and we can't wait any longer, so let's stop this family business." -- Rest assured, our family will never forget the favor of your Zuo family, and we will definitely repay it. The old man still has forty acres of fertile land in Hezhou, which can be used to offset the expenses of disturbing the diet in your mansion for the past two months, as well as the medical expenses for the little girl to treat her injuries and legs. We also know that this is far from enough to offset it, but we have nothing to grow except for these forty acres of land, and some of the silver money we have rescued is intended to be used for road funds, and we have no choice but to repay it in the future. ”

Liang and Zuo Gui glanced at each other, and Liang said: "Otherwise, I'll just talk to Zhong'er, he and Qiao'er can talk to each other, maybe I heard that Qiao'er is leaving, so I agreed?" ”

"No need." Master Qiao turned his heart sideways and gritted his teeth, "This ......, let's be honest, the original family business was also forced by hunger and cold, since Ling Lang didn't say it for two months, let's give up." ”

"Zhong'er is trapped on the top, can't come back, can't express his position......"

Zuo Gui had already seen that the other party had repented of the marriage, smiled faintly, and said to the Liang family: "Forget it, the twisted melon is not sweet, since Master Qiao doesn't look down on our family, this family, don't get married." ”

Mr. and Mrs. Qiao were a little embarrassed, got up and said, "Zuo Langzhong, the old man is really sorry!" He took out a stack of deed from his bosom and handed it over: "This is the deed of forty acres of old and decayed fertile land." Please laugh. -- In addition, can you also give the agreed dry food for the journey of one bucket and five liters to the old family, so that they can rush to the capital? ”

I also said last time that if you can't get married, you have to count the food money and medical expenses, and Master Qiao's family will offset it with forty acres of land, which is worth eighty yuan, and the three of them will be treated as future daughter-in-law in the Zuo family for two months.

In fact, the price that Master Qiao said was similar to the price that their family agreed to use the good land to offset the price of the meal in the future if they failed to get married, and even ten times more, but it was calculated by them according to three folds, and it was the "internal price" that only their family knew, and it would be nothing if they said it themselves, and now Master Qiao proposed to use such a low price to offset the food money for these two months, so Zuo Guiqi did not fight anywhere, - the price of grain for these two months is fifteen guan and one bucket, and there is no place to buy it. Calculated down, two buckets of rice per person per month, a total of twelve buckets, worth one hundred and eighty yuan, that is to say, only a fraction of the money is like offsetting the debt of the Zuo family, and this is not counting the medical expenses for Qiao Qiao'er's leg injury and one bucket and five liters of dry food on the road.

Zuo Gui was very angry, and he didn't want the forty acres of land, but thinking that his husband and wife were so hungry that they were swollen, he gave them food to eat, and now that his daughter-in-law has flown away, if he doesn't want food money, this loss will also be a big loss. I still have to come back. So Zuo Gui turned back, took the deed, and said: "I will never regret what my Zuo family has said, I will give you this bucket of five liters of dry food immediately." ”

Mr. Qiao was overjoyed, hurriedly found a pen and paper, wrote the deed of transfer, signed it and handed it to Zuo Gui, Zuo Gui didn't say a word, and wrote it. Then take the deed into his arms. He arched his hand and said: "I will not send it far away!" He walked away with his hands behind his back.

Liang smiled apologetically and went out with him.

Mrs. Qiao felt a little embarrassed, and whispered to Master Qiao: "Master, let's ...... like this, isn't it a little ......, too much ......?" ”

"What's the time?" Master Qiao glared and said, "It's thanks to the fact that they didn't agree before, and they just borrowed the donkey to get off the slope, what kind of people are we?" Is he a small man, can he be worthy of our family? You don't have to laugh at it! Now is just right! Stop twice, and no one owes anyone! Let's go! When I arrived in the capital, I was worried that Qiao'er couldn't find the right Ruyi Langjun? ”

"Yes, yes, but, I'm afraid that Qiao'er ......, I think Qiao'er still has some interest in this little man......"

"Don't tell her the truth! Let's just say that Xiaolangzhong is not happy, this family affair is blown! Let's use the field to offset the debt, and that's it! ”

"Oh......"

Originally, when Mr. Qiao and his wife discussed this matter, they didn't tell their daughter their thoughts, but after they came back, they only said that they would leave immediately, and told Qiao Qiao'er that the Zuo family did not agree to this family business. Qiao Qiaoer is an innocent girl, and she doesn't get along much with Zuo Shaoyang, and she doesn't establish much relationship between men and women, and some are more just the gratitude of patients to virtuous doctors.

Liang sent a bucket of five liters of grain as promised, and stuffed another ten boiled duck eggs for Qiao'er to eat on the way. Qiao'er was moved to tears.

The Qiao family had already packed up the salute and packed the grain, Zuo Gui brought Zuo Shaoyang's previous crutches to Qiao'er to support, and the family hurriedly said goodbye and went out.

―――――――――――――― Zuo Gui came out of Master Qiao's residence with a gloomy face, and told Zuo Shaoyang about the matter, Zuo Shaoyang and Qiao Qiaoer met for less than three days, and they couldn't talk about any love between men and women, but they just felt that this girl was naughty and cute, and now their parents didn't wait for their own statement, crossed the river and demolished the bridge, and they didn't want to marry this family, so that's it.

Their father and son took Miao Peilan and Bai Zhihan out to the state capital Yamen, where there were not many people left, and they all went to Sicheng to receive porridge.

After the little leader went in, he quickly passed it on. But only Zuo Gui's father and son were allowed to enter, and the two entourages stayed in the gatehouse and waited.

Zuo Shaoyang and Zuo Gui followed the leader to the flower hall and sat down, a guard brought fragrant tea, sat for a while, and another guard came in, and the general invited them to the meeting hall to meet.

Zuo Gui and Zuo Shaoyang were stunned, is the general invited? I just came to receive the rice seeds, and I have already said that I can just give the rice seeds directly, and I don't need the general Zhao Wangye to come forward in person for this little thing, right?

Zuo Gui was happy and nervous at the same time, the sullenness just now had already been swept away, and even his hands and feet were trembling slightly at this moment, and the two hurriedly followed the guards to the meeting hall.

The guards reported in, and the inside came in. Only then did the two of them step in.

This hall is the conference room of the state capital yamen, Zuo Gui has been lowering his head and not daring to look, Zuo Shaoyang does not know these etiquette, glanced at the people sitting in the field, only to see that sitting in the middle is a young man, a few years older than himself, but born with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, very burly and tall, and a horizontal face. The leader of the guards, Team Fu, was standing behind him, smiling flatteringly. Seeing this scene, Zuo Shaoyang was shocked, could it be that the young man with a fierce face in the middle was the general who led the army to suppress the rebellion this time? The younger brother of the current emperor Li Shimin, Zhao Wangye, and Li Yuanjing, the general of Xiaowei?

I glanced at a few other people, and on the first two chairs on the left, there were two generals in armor, one was eight feet tall, burly and unusual, with a bearded face, and the other was a white-faced quiet scholar.

On the chair on the right, there are two officials, both of whom are thin old men with white beards, wearing official uniforms, one of them is sitting at the bottom, but Zuo Shaoyang knows that it is their Qian County Order of Shijing County, Hezhou.

Even the Qian County Commander can only sit at the last seat, the one among them, ** should be the general Li Yuanjing, the old man next to him, could it be the Ouyang Thorn History of Hezhou? And what about the other two generals?

After the five people sat down, the young man among them dragged out his voice and smiled: "Hehe, the person who came is our model for supporting the army, the little man of Guizhitang is left Shaoyang?" And Ling Zun Zuo Guilangzhong? ”

The two hurriedly bowed down to salute, Zuo Gui also saw that this posture was not simple, even his voice trembled a little, and he stammered: "It is the villain ......, the villain Zuo Gui, with the dog ......, Zuo Zhong, see ......, see several masters." ”

The young general smiled and said: "You don't know each other yet, let me introduce you to the two on the left, the one who looks like a quiet scholar is General Feng Li." The bearded one is General Xue Wanche, and there are two here, one is Ouyang Thorn Shi, and the one below is Qian County Order. This king is Li Yuanjing, the general who led the army this time. ”

He introduced one, and the two of them were busy greeting one. Finally, the general said: "I am waiting to discuss the military situation, and we have already finished the discussion, and it just so happens that you are coming, and this king will let them meet as well." Hehe, if it weren't for Xiao Langzhong's letter, I don't know when this battle would have reached! Speaking of which, you are the great benefactor of our military and civilians in Hezhou! ”

(To be continued)