Chapter 43: On the Way (25)

The further north you go, the colder it gets. When passing through the village, the Lan family was willing to send someone to buy things, but they definitely didn't spend the night among the villagers.

Zeng Mao also felt that although the old lady was still as polite to him as before, he didn't know if he had a ghost or what, and the old lady was alienated from his politeness. He thought that he had not succeeded in protecting the media, and the more he looked at Xing Guan, the more unpleasant he became, and he felt that he should not go to the media.

Xing Guan was very anxious in his heart, since he failed to marry, he finally bought a coachman and asked him to pass a message to Miss Lan, and met Miss Lan alone on the grounds of returning the veil, but was interrupted by the little master of the Lan family, and since then, he has never had the opportunity to see Miss Lan again.

"Master Jun......" a man called in a low voice.

Xing Guan turned his head to see that it was the coachman who had helped to pass the word before, waving to him on the other side of the bushes.

Xing Guan saw that no one was paying attention to him, so he quickly walked over.

Xing Guan approached, and the coachman looked flattering: "Master Jun, I know a little news, look at ......" said and moved his fingers.

Xing Guan took out five coins of silver from his arms and stared at the other party: "What news?" ”

The coachman was obviously disgusted: "Master Jun, if you marry the eldest girl of the Lan family, the silver will not come for nothing." The small one is only five dollars a month in the car dealership! ”

Xing Guan was hesitant, and he didn't want to miss the news: "If you have good news, I will give you two taels of silver." If I don't think it's useful, the five coins are still yours. ”

The coachman's eyes lit up, and he rubbed his hands: "If you really marry a girl from the Lan family, you have to give more." ”

Xing Guan saw that the other party seemed to be sure that he could marry someone, maybe there was really some good news to offer. He gritted his teeth: "Okay, if I can marry her, I will give you twenty taels." ”

"Good ......," the coachman smiled lewdly, "the eldest girl of the Lan family has been in a bad mood lately, and she has been resting alone in the carriage recently." At night, I quietly moved the carriage to the periphery, and then you ......."

Xing Guan immediately shouted: "No! "This ** Lan family eldest girl, when the Lan family is dead? If he doesn't make trouble, he'll be sent to prison. Then and the prefect of Yuanzhou gave the Lan family face!

The coachman's eyes lit up: "Then let's do it, I deliberately brought the carriage to the periphery, tied the horse's buttocks, and let the carriage get out of control, and then you pay attention to the situation here, and ride a horse to the hero to save the United States?" ”

Xing Guan hesitated, there would be many people to rescue him at that time, in case the eldest girl of the Lan family was saved by someone else......

"Isn't the girl of the Lan family always in the middle? How can you rush out of the periphery on your own? ”

The horseman said: "Master Jun, think about it, this Lan family looks at the Lan girl strictly, and I can't even get in front of me to talk." This is the last chance, tomorrow we will go to Shangyang Village, and we will definitely go into the village to buy things at that time. I took the opportunity to give the horses grazing and brought the carriage to the periphery, and then you could heroically save the beauty. As long as you hug Miss Lan in public, if she doesn't marry you, will she have to twist her hair to be a sister-in-law? ”

Xing Guan thought about it and made up his mind: "This recipe is feasible, you ...... tomorrow"

Before he finished speaking, there was movement from the side.

Xing Guan was startled, his hand pressed on the hilt of the knife, ready to draw the knife at any time, and shouted: "Who is it?" ”

Zhang San and Li Si came out of the bushes next to them. Zhang San looked at Xing Guan contemptuously: "I didn't expect our brothers to watch a good show." ”

Li Si looked at Xing Guan's hand on the hilt of the knife, and snorted: "Ten of you are not enough for me to fight alone, you better save it!" ”

Xing Guan's face turned pale, this is the person sent by General Zeng to the Lan family, if General Zeng knows, he will be finished.

Zhang San shouted: "Get out." ”

Xing Guanxin said: It's over, it's over, it's over...... These two people are very skilled, and they are absolutely not sure that they will quietly kill them.

Xing Guan's legs weakened, and he knelt down directly towards the two: "Two uncles, I really love the eldest girl of the Lan family, if I marry her, I will definitely thank the two of you." ”

Zhang San and Li Si snorted, and Zhang San spoke: "How do you want to thank us?" ”

As soon as Xing Guan heard that there was still a play, he immediately came to his senses: "I'll give each of you a hundred ...... No, two hundred taels of silver, please let me go. ”

"Two hundred taels of silver, our brothers add up to four hundred taels of silver, you can laugh! Where did you get your money? You're going to have an extra tael of silver a month, right? ”

Xing Guan hurriedly shouted, "I didn't ...... But the eldest girl of the Lan family has it...... She was married to the Jia family, and she wore red makeup...... I heard that she married 100,000 taels of silver! ”

"Huh, do you know that she was divorced, so where can I get the dowry back?"

Xing Guan was in a hurry, and he hurriedly explained: "I know that she doesn't have any silver, but the Lan family has it, and the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse." As long as I marry her, the Lan family will have to marry a few hundred taels of silver! I'll give them all to both. ”

Zhang San laughed: "You guy, you haven't married yet, you want to use up other people's dowry, are you a fool to be the Lan family?" ”

Xing Guan swallowed his saliva and said anxiously: "I can pretend to use it for business, and then lose money." Leave me alone, two! ”

Li Si clasped his hands into fists: "In case Old Lady Lan has no money and only gives one hundred taels of silver as a dowry, then don't we lose three hundred taels?" ”

Xing Guan's mind spun quickly: "Impossible, the bracelets on the hands of the girls of the Lan family are very valuable." Even if there is no cash, the girl of the Lan family should have some valuable jewelry. No matter how bad it is, the Lan family still has a recipe, and as long as I get the recipe, I can exchange it for money. ”

Zhang San grinned: "You haven't married yet, even if you count other people's dowries, you won't even let go of jewelry." This Lan family owes you, and you want to be calculated? ”

"Two, is this a promise?" Xing Guan saw that the other party seemed to be determined to pursue it, and hope rose in his heart.

Li Si touched his chin: "Let's think about it, get out." ”

Xing Guan hurriedly got up, glanced at the scared coachman on the side, hated in his heart, and hurriedly left.

If the coachman is dead, there is no proof of his death! It's a pity he can't do it...... If the two military masters want to take his money, they will take care of this coachman, and coercion and temptation are their business.

As soon as Xing Guan left, the coachman immediately knelt down towards Zhang San and Li Si: "The little one has already said according to the instructions of the two, spare your life, spare your life!" ”

This coachman is also smart, this barren mountain and wilderness, has a reputation involving the ladies of large families, if the result is unaware, he will not know it.

Li Si squatted down and patted him on the shoulder with one hand: "You take care of your mouth." Your family lives in Mao'er Hutong, and Aunt Wan is still waiting for your medicine money! At the beginning, it was our brothers who went to the car dealership to pick people, and we have checked your ancestral home for three generations. "General Zeng is afraid that the car dealer will mix into other forces and wants to seize Fangzi. Then they were instructed to check the drivers closely.

The driver was so frightened that he had only registered his place of residence at the car dealership, not expecting that they had already checked his home.

His family was poor, and his old mother bought baked cakes on the street, so he came with the car for the rich remuneration given by the Lan family. Xing Guan saw that he was so good at wooing him and gave him five taels of silver.

When the coachman left tremblingly, Zhang San walked towards the big stone in the woods and said to the people standing, "Old lady, they are all gone." ”

Yayu burst into tears and couldn't help but sob.

Yajie didn't show it on her face, but she only grabbed her own handkerchief. Yaqing was very frightened, she didn't expect to hear this.

Lu Yingfang sighed and said, "Yayu, don't you blame your mother for acting like this, you heard it?" There are also Yajie and Yaqing, I called you here, not to let you see Yayu's jokes, but to listen to the sinister world together! ”

Lu Yingfang led her three daughters out and said to her three daughters: "Today's matter, thank you to the two military masters for their help." Say thank you to the two military masters! ”

Zhang San and Li Si didn't expect Old Lady Lan to be like this, and they were a little stunned when they saw the three Lan family girls saluting them in unison.

"No...... You're welcome. Zhang San's tongue was about to be knotted, and he waved his hand, "No, no." ”

Li Si was more transparent, and he stepped forward to clasp his fists and salute back: "The old lady is discerning and strategizing, and Li has been taught." ”

The three girls have been taught a lesson today, although they have lost face today, they know how to see people's hearts clearly and will not pay their hearts in a mess. For the current Lan family, it's all worth it.

"Do you know, why did I stop Yayu just now and not let her expose Xing Guan's true face?" Back at the Lan family's camp, Lu Yingfang suddenly spoke up.

Yajie's brain was flexible, and she immediately said: "This is to prevent that military man from making a mistake?" After all, there's still almost a month to go. ”

Lu Yingfang looked at Ya Bing, who shrank and didn't make a sound.

Lu Yingfang spoke this time: "There are two military masters, Zhang San and Li Si, who are shocked, and he has some scruples. I'm afraid of tearing his face, and it will be troublesome for him to make small moves. We are not afraid of him, but we hate trouble. ”

Yayu's brain is buzzing at the moment, it turns out that her mother is so wary of Xing Guan! She had foolishly thought he was a good boy.

Lan Yayu's lesson to Yajie and Yaqing was too sobering. Yajie immediately told Aunt Bai about the matter.

Aunt Bai panicked in her heart, the fact that she deliberately threw a handkerchief to Xing Guan was not exposed, which was too good.

She knew that Old Lady Lan was not easy to get along with! If it weren't for Mrs. Lan, who got married for ten years and only had one son, how could she have a chance to give birth to twins Rong Cheng and Yajie.

That Xing Guan was too stupid, so he was recognized.

Yabing told Aunt Ma about the matter, and Aunt Ma immediately held her hand: "Yaqing, you must not learn from the big girl." She was also married that year...... Don't mention her, you must not give it to each other privately. I see that the old lady has changed a lot, and her heart is kind, so naturally I hope you are well. When you arrive in Youzhou, be obedient and obedient, and ask her to find you a good family. ”

Aunt Ma looked at Yaqing who was covered with a quilt: "Qing'er's temperament is too stubborn, you look at her more." As long as you find a good family in the future, my aunt will be relieved. ”

Aunt Ma didn't notice that Yaqing was lying on her side, and her closed eyes opened again. Mother-in-law is kind-hearted? When she was bullied by those maids and mothers-in-law in the backyard, she didn't feel that her mother-in-law was kind-hearted.

The weather was getting colder and colder, and as I passed through the village continuously, I bought some cotton clothes for the coachmen and some charcoal. The Lan family took out all the cotton clothes under the seat and wore them, because the charcoal bought by the village was not of good quality, so there was smoke choking. In the end, the carriage with children did not use charcoal, and all of them took the soup woman and hugged it for warmth, and nested in the quilt, except when it was convenient and eating, the children tried not to get out of the carriage as much as possible.

It's just that the folks outside are not so lucky, and when they come in the summer, experienced people will take a slightly thicker jacket or two on the road.

Some families are poor, and there are several brothers in the family, but there is only one thick clothes, which they take turns to wear when they want to go out, so naturally there is no way to bring thick clothes on the road. Xiao Wu is one of them, he is only sixteen years old, when he followed the advice of other people, went to pick herbs to the Lan family to change the copper plate, he riveted all his strength to pick herbs, let the Lan family record the account. If it was cold today, I took those copper plates and went to the villagers to buy thick clothes.

Uncle Wu from the same village next to him was also wearing a thick torn jacket, and he patted the thick clothes on Xiao Wu's body: "You are good, or are you smart, you bought it in Heyuanzhou earlier." I would have to charge twenty copper plates for this piece that is so broken, and if it wasn't too popular, I wouldn't want to buy it. ”

After Heyuanzhou, the thick clothes brought by the people felt that they were not enough, especially when the night was too cold. They can't bear it,

They all went to the Lan family to get back their copper plates, and they all asked the officers to help buy thick clothes.

These people were all poor and could not afford to pay two taels of silver before they came out to serve in the conscription. Before, the Lan family asked them to pick medicinal herbs, and later they took medicinal herbs to make them drink, making herbal tea to prevent heat stroke in summer, and tea to prevent wind and cold in autumn. The Lan family is really a good person!

This is equivalent to them drinking the medicinal herbs they picked and collecting money from the Lan family.

These people contributed a wave of merit to Lu Yingfang.

At this time, Qiu Da had already come to Youzhou quickly. Qiu Da once came to Youzhou with the old marquis, and he found an alley according to his memory, and the most obvious sign in the middle of the alley was "Zhu's Liquor Shop" with white characters on a blue background. Seeing that the familiar small wine shop was still there, Qiu Da breathed a sigh of relief.

Boss Zhu is a fat man fifty miles away, he is greeting guests, and when he sees Qiu Da, he just greets him as usual. Qiu Da didn't say much, went in and sat down directly.

There are not many varieties of liquor sold in this small wine shop, there are a few tables inside, occasionally make some pasta or peanuts, if customers need to buy meat, give a tip, the shopkeeper can help run errands to buy back.

After Qiu Da entered, it was Boss Zhu's wife, Aunt Geng, who recognized him: "This is Captain Qiu?" ”

Qiu Da was not much different from a few years ago, and he greeted with a smile: "Aunt Geng, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

"Oh, old man, it's Captain Qiu here." Aunt Geng greeted with a smile.

Boss Zhu heard the sound this time: "I said that the magpie is chirping today, it turns out that Engong is here." ”

Qiu Da rarely showed a smile: "It's been a long time." ”

The old marquis has been to Youzhou twice, one of which was followed by Qiu Da. Qiu Da was wandering on the street and saw a horse out of control, so he stepped forward to save Boss Zhu and saved him from the horse's hooves. Qiu Da is good at wine, and Boss Zhu has good winemaking skills, and the two are very close.

Boss Zhu also heard about the Lan family, and he has been paying attention to this matter.

Qiu Da learned that Lan Ronghe had actually been transferred from Ganzhou to Cangzhou, and he was approaching the outside of the border. Once there is a war, Cangzhou will bear the brunt!

Qiu Da had dinner at the wine shop and hurried to Cangzhou.

Xing Guan returned to the camp, panicking all day. Zeng Mao failed to protect the media, so he was angry with Xing Guan and asked him to be responsible for the inspection of the people behind. Fortunately, a few days later, Zhang San came over and told him that he would do it tomorrow in Ruyang County.

Xing Guan finally put his mind at ease. Now he can't even see the figure of the Lan family, and he can't use any strategy. Now that he has an internal response, he is determined to win the blue girl.

As long as he gains power, what is a mere Zeng Mao?

The rest of the journey is easier to walk, first of all, because of the war planning, there are obviously more post stations here, and most of the villages are next to the official road, so it is convenient to go in and buy items.

Because the army often came and went, the road here was much smoother. The only bad thing is the drought, which makes it more and more inconvenient to use water. The road was so dusty that no one dared to open the curtain of the carriage.

Ruyang County is a military stronghold, located on the way to Heyuan Prefecture and Youzhou. Most of the people in this place are mainly military households, and half of the grain transported by Zeng Mao was to be unloaded here. So this time they have to enter the county seat.

Perhaps there are often troops coming and going here, and the gate of the county town is very spacious. The Lan family entered the city gate and handed in the paperwork. The team of the army escorting military rations also moved forward slowly, while Zeng Mao and the others were going to the military camp outside the city.

At this time, a man carrying firewood passed by the carriage of the Lan family, and his foot suddenly slipped, and the sharp firewood stabbed at the horse next to him. The horses were frightened, and the coachman turned his horse's head to the right, and the horse rushed to the alley to the right.

A woman's exclamation was heard from inside the carriage......

At this time, Xing Guan quickly got on the horse and chased the carriage, he quickly caught up with the carriage and shouted into the carriage: "Don't be afraid, I'm right next to me, you jump out, I'll catch you." ”

The woman's scream was still heard in the carriage, and the other party was very frightened and did not hear him.

After passing through the alley, the carriage travelled to another wide street. Zhang San pulled the horse's bridle suddenly, the horse was blocked, and under the force of leaning, the carriage was lifted into the air, and a figure in a tender yellow dress was thrown out.

Xing Guan was overjoyed, flew directly from the horse, hugged the figure in the air, and then rolled on the ground a few times before stopping.

"Girl, are you alright?" Xing Guan couldn't care about the pain on his body, and asked deliberately, pretending not to know that this was Miss Lan.

Because there was a lot of commotion, the people around gathered around.

The person in his arms took a while to recover, Xing Guan deliberately hugged her without moving, he stood up and hugged the princess, and deliberately said loudly to Zhang San: "Miss Lan is afraid that she will fall, go to the hospital quickly." ”

Zhang San suddenly grinned: "You hold the blue girl like this, it will damage the girl's reputation......"

Xing Guan said loudly: "The incident happened suddenly, it is important to save people, if it damages the reputation of Miss Lan, I ...... If Mrs. Lan is willing. I'll marry her. ”

"Oh, this military master is really good!"

"If it weren't for this military master, this girl would probably be dead."

"I just said that the girl's surname is Lan, this surname is rare, where is it?"

Suddenly, an old woman ran out of the crowd, she looked at Xing Guan who was holding the girl, and suddenly scolded loudly: "Cuihua, my son has only been gone for less than half a year, you can't keep it?" Stealing wild men on the street? ”