As soon as he saw that Wu Shigong had moved his knife here, the tax collectors, helpers, and green skins brought by the official let out a burst of exclamation, and immediately dispersed. And the people who had just come to see the excitement also scattered in all directions shouting and screaming.

Out of the corner of his eye, Wu Shigong saw that the two businessmen who were in the restaurant just now also fled in a hurry. As they fled, they shouted, "Run! There are really Jiangyang thieves! ”

The corners of Wu Shigong's mouth were slightly hooked, he walked up to the official, waved his hand, asked Yang Rusong to put away the waist knife, and asked the official, "Who sent you?" ”

The official immediately poured beans into a bamboo tube: "It's Yangzhou Qijia." It's the case they reported, and it has nothing to do with the small ones! It's really irrelevant! ”

Wu Shigong patted the official's shoulder, smiled and said, "It's the Qi family!" You go and tell the Qi family that this matter is not something that their Qi family can afford, nor can you, a mung bean sesame official, afford to play with. In the future, you should keep your eyes open. ”

After saying this, Wu Shigong turned and left the official. He shouted to his guards: "Leave those goods alone, let Mr. Yuan and the men of the trading house go ashore, and we will go back together." ”

At this time, the old bustard beside Manling squeezed to Wu Shigong's side and asked, "General Wu, what should we do then?" ”

Wu Shigong glanced at the old bustard and said, "Do you have your own carriage?" If you have one, follow along. When did I drive you away? The old bustard hurriedly smiled and nodded in agreement.

The official who was let go by Wu Shigong on the side heard the old bustard call Wu Shigong "General Wu", and then he suddenly realized that the young man in front of him was also a person in the officialdom. This reassures me a little, at least Wu Shigong and they won't be unfavorable to themselves. However, although Wu Shigong and the others had ignored the official, the official still stood in place and did not dare to leave at will.

Wu Shigong's guards had all been trained to assemble urgently, so they all quickly went ashore and assembled their teams. Wu Shigong also rode his own horse. On horseback, Wu Shigong said to the official who was still standing there: "Why don't you leave?" Wait I treat you to dinner? Bring a word to the Qi family, take care of the cargo on my ship. ”

After saying this, Wu Shigong shook the reins of his horse and led the guards to leave the dock.

Wu Shigong didn't care about the boatmen he hired, and the old bustard and Manling also threw down the guards and boatmen on the flower boat. Because they only had one carriage, the carriage was only crowded with Bell, the bustard, and the two maids.

As for those who remain, they can only find a way to return to Defu on their own. However, even if the people of the Qi family chase after them, they shouldn't embarrass these subordinates.

On an early spring afternoon, the earth is dotted with green. Birds fly and chirp in the field, bringing bursts of life. The sound of the hooves of Wu Shigong's horse team hit the ground like a drum beating on the earth.

And when they moved from the boat to the horseback, all of Wu Shigong's personal guards exuded an indomitable aura, as if no obstacle in front of them could stop their steps.

Wu Shigong was also very excited, driving his own war horse called "people are crazy", and indeed people are crazy, running back and forth in front of the horse team. And when the horses increased their speed again and passed the carriage in the middle of the horse team, Wu Shigong saw that the small head of Manling was exposed in the window of the carriage.

Wu Shigong immediately made a grimace at Manling, and Manling immediately shouted at Wu Shigong angrily: "The slave family didn't get on your boat again!" ”

Manling's body was immediately pulled back by the bustard. Wu Shigong rode his horse and rushed past the carriage.

Maybe Wu Shigong's actions were too fast, or maybe the Qi family couldn't figure out Wu Shigong's whereabouts, anyway, after Wu Shigong hurried for a few days, Guan Gongzi and the Qi family didn't catch up.

After six days of travel, Wu Shigong finally entered Henan. This is a great peace of mind for everyone. It's finally time for me to be on my own turf.

Seeing that they had arrived in Henan, Lao Bustard and Manling wanted Wu Shigong to send a few guards to escort them back to Defu City. But they didn't dare to tell Wu Shigong, so the bustard quietly found Shumo, and wanted to rely on the relationship between the manling maid and Shumo, and let Shumo pass on the message to them.

But as soon as the old bustard's words were spoken, Shumo categorically refused: "If you have the courage, you can talk to our young master directly." To tell the truth, our young master can afford to look down on Miss Manling, and that is her blessing. You can stay here in peace and wait for the young master's arrangement. ”

How could Shumo stand out for such a thing? Besides, Shumo didn't have a good impression of this bustard. When leaving the old bustard, Shumo also left a sentence: "Hmph! You also offered me two hundred taels for my scholar. "You know, our scholar is very vindictive.

After completely entering their own control area, Wu Shigong and his party slowed down. After arranging a few guards to send Yuan Xingshan and them back to Runing Mansion to deal with the affairs of the Four Seas Commercial Bank, Wu Shigong took advantage of this rare opportunity to leave Runing Mansion and made a detour to inspect the training of his soldiers in Guide Mansion.

Regarding Wu Shigong's surprise inspection, the military attachés and soldiers in Guide Mansion were a little in a hurry. However, Wu Shigong was very satisfied with the inspection. Because of the lesson of He Fei's dismissal last time, all the military attaches urged their soldiers to step up their training, and they did not dare to relax for a moment.

Only He Fei was a little disappointed, and he was still looking forward to what military attachés would relax the training of soldiers, and he could make a comeback.

Such a round of inspection took more than half a month. It wasn't until after Qingming that Wu Shigong returned to Runing Mansion City. And Manling, they have been tortured by Wu Shigong's detention and have lost their temper.

When the old bustard probed Shumo and was rejected by Shumo, the old bustard said helplessly to Manling: "Daughter, you just accept your fate." ”

Manling was also very unconvinced at the time, she also wanted to find Wu Shigong and reason with Wu Shigong. But then, Wu Shigong has been circling around the various military camps, carefully inspecting the training of soldiers in the military camps, and ignoring Manling at all.

Gradually, Manling discovered that Wu Shigong was different from the appearance of the Ming Dynasty officials that Manling knew. Wu Shigong is basically busy with official business all the time, and he has no fun at all. Even in the evenings, they were discussing official duties with their military attachés, and there was no act of feasting or enjoyment.

Moreover, the military attachés and personal soldiers around Wu Shigong are not like the personal soldiers around other officials, they look like flattery, they all have rules and stand on evidence. In addition, Manling later heard about Wu Shigong's identity, which is a little marquis. Therefore, Manling's heart could only think helplessly: "I have no choice but to accept my fate." ”

Because he went out for more than a month this time, when Wu Shigong returned home, his family was happy to welcome him. It was only when they saw the manling that Wu Shigong brought back that those ladies looked at the manling twice.

Wu Shigong didn't care what those ladies had in their hearts, he took his children to play until the end of the meal. After dinner, Wu Shigong went to Li Xin's room to rest as usual. But Li Xin's face was full of joy and wanted to drive Wu Shigong out.

Wu Shigong hurriedly inquired, and it turned out that Li Xin was pregnant again. This made Wu Shigong quite happy. After talking to Li Xin for a while. Wu Shigong went to Zhuyun's room.

But as soon as Wu Shigong stepped into Zhu Yun's room, he saw Zhu Yun writing something on the desk. Zhu Yun looked up and saw Wu Shigong, and hurriedly panicked and wanted to hide what he had written. This made Wu Shigong a little curious, and he asked for what Zhu Yun wrote to take a look, which turned out to be a letter written by Zhu Yun to his wife Xue Yufei.

The letter reads: "...... My uncle last time he was king, he brought back a woman. This time I went to Yangzhou and brought back a woman. Miss Pan came to Henan to prevent her uncle from being distracted. ……”

It turned out to be a letter of complaint! Wu Shigong deliberately raised his face and gently slapped Zhu Yun's little head a few times, and Zhu Yun shrank his little head and stuck out his tongue mischievously.

Wu Shigong handed the letter back to Zhu Yun, and then hugged Zhu Yun and said, "Then you can take charge of me on behalf of your young lady tonight." ”……

While kissing Zhuyun, Wu Shigong thought, "It's good to go home!" ”