"Da-da-da-da." The sound of horses' hooves on the stone bricks is crisp.

It has been several days, Zhou Huai'an has never appeared, Qiu Moyan, who has never believed that Zhou Huai'an is dead, still accepts the reality and comes to Datong alone.

Zhou Huai'an once said that he would ask Fan Yongdou to help send the two children out of the customs, but now those who followed him have not heard from him, Qiu Moyan can only go to Fan Yongdou and ask what happened, even if Zhou Huai'an's body is found, so that he can be buried in the ancestral grave of the Zhou family.

She inquired in many ways and learned that Fan Yongdou now lives in a house in Nanquan Village, Datong.

Nanquan Village is in the south of Datong Mansion, and the road from the entrance of the village is paved with stone bricks, which makes Qiu Moyan feel surprised that the spiritual outlook of the villagers here is much better than the villages she has been to in the past.

Datong only shook once this spring, even if the government does not exploit the landlords today, ordinary people in Datong will not have a good life.

Holding the horse and looking at the villagers coming and going, Qiu Moyan guessed in his heart, could it be that Fan Yongdou Fan is really a good man?

The villagers were also very curious about this woman holding a horse and a sword, and a group of women sitting on a small bench picking vegetables were even more undisguised, and one of the grandmothers with a grandson stopped Qiu Moyan.

Said kindly: "That girl, what are you doing in Nanquan Village?" ”

Qiu Moyan saw that it was an old woman, so he stood up and said respectfully: "Mother-in-law is polite, I came here to find Master Fan Yongdou for some things." ”

Grandma listened and replied, "You said that the master of the Fan family," she turned her head and pointed to the high slope in the distance, and continued: "Do you see anywhere?" That mansion is the Fan family's mansion. ”

Qiu Moyan looked in the direction pointed by her mother-in-law, and saw a huge Zhuangzi, she turned her head and clenched her fists: "Thank you mother-in-law for your guidance, I'm going to visit Master Fan." ”

The mother-in-law smiled and waved her hand: "Nothing, nothing, go." Then he continued to tease his grandson.

Qiu Moyan led the horse for a long time before she saw the gate of Fan's Mansion, and was about to step forward, but suddenly saw two brightly dressed people patting their horses past her and stopping at Fan's Mansion.

The two of them quickly dismounted, and one of them said to the two sturdy men in the gatehouse: "Qiusheng, help us tie the horse well, we see that your master is in a hurry." ”

"Don't worry, two masters." The porter named Qiusheng should go down.

Qiu Moyan's pupils shrank, and she saw the token hanging on the waist of the two of them, which was the token of Jinyi Weinan Zhenfu Division.

Originally, the porter had already noticed her, and Qiu Moyan couldn't lead the horse to continue walking as if nothing had happened, so he had to step forward.

In his heart, he was wondering why Fan Fu had dealings with Nanzhen Fusi, and he was so familiar with his subordinates.

Was it Fan Yongdou who helped Jinyiwei betray Zhou Huai'an, or was someone in Jinyiwei bribed by Fan Yongdou?

Qiu Moyan was full of doubts in his heart, but he didn't dare to show too much, and smiled at the porter named Qiusheng: "This little brother, I don't know if Master Fan of your mansion is free, I have something to do with him." ”

Qiusheng, who was leading the two horses, was stunned for a moment, thinking about how to get to this time, and said with a smile: "Our master is in the mansion, but just now two adults from Jinyi Wei went to look for the master first, and it is estimated that the girl will have to wait for a while when she enters the mansion." ”

Qiu Moyan waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay, I'll wait for a while and get out of the way." ”

"That's okay, I also ask the girl to tell her name, and the little one will explain it to the sisters in the house, so that they can report it." Qiusheng breathed a sigh of relief, there are always strangers who come to visit on weekdays, even if it is a villager in the village, they will let them go, the lord values reputation very much, and they are absolutely not allowed to be embarrassed by these porters.

Qiu Moyan suddenly said: "Oh, my name is Qiu Moyan, and I asked Master Fan about the swordsman Zhou Huai'an more than half a month ago." ”

The two gatekeepers could only leave one, Qiusheng and the other gatekeeper Liushun glanced at each other, Liushun scratched his head, and said, "Brother Qiusheng, you go, I'll wait here." ”

Qiusheng nodded, pointed to a big tree in front of the Fan Mansion and said, "That's okay, girl, you tie the horse to that tree first, and I'll lead these two horses to the stable first, and then place your horse." ”

Qiu Moyan did as he was told, but he felt very strange in his heart.

Along the way, she listened to Fan Yongdou's deeds of building roads and bridges and helping her neighbors get rich and make a fortune.

All kinds of signs really made Qiu Moyan hard to believe that this was a traitor's doing.

"Hahaha, why are Brother Xue and Brother Lu free to come to the door today, let's go to the hall and talk. That Xiao Man, arrange to go to tea. The rich Fan Yongdou smiled very kindly, and sent the big girl next to him to urge tea, but in the past, he was corrupted by his money, and the two who called him brothers and sisters couldn't laugh today.

Xue Keji, who took the lead, had a cold and hard face, he was the Jinyi Wei Qianhu of the Fusi in Datong in Nanzhen, Datong is here in the west of the Yellow River, the north controls the desert, the east is connected with the fallen horse, the Bauhinia Pass, and the south is the danger of Yanmen and Ningwu. [Note 1]

It has always been one of the most important cities of the Ming Dynasty, because of the importance of military affairs, in order to supervise the military, the emperors of all dynasties will send brocade guards to supervise and supervise, and this matter is naturally spread to them in the south of the town.

Originally, there was nothing wrong until some people ignored the ban of the imperial court and smuggled with the enemy. Datongwei existed in name only, and he, the thousand households in charge of military discipline, directly fell to these big businessmen.

"Hmph, disaster is coming, and you can still laugh!" Baihu Lu Yiming sneered.

The smile on Fan Yongdou's face gradually froze, and the right hand that was originally in the invitation posture also stretched out and stuck it in front of his bulging belly, and the left hand behind his back also supported his waist: "I, Fan, have always been doing business, and I have a good reputation in Jindi, no matter what happens, Fan believes that the government will give me justice!" ”

Xue Keji reached out and pressed Lu Yiming's shoulder, shook his head at him, and motioned for him not to speak.

Fan Yongdou's face froze, but Xue Keji's expression softened, and he frowned and said, "Old Fan, it's not that simple this time, let's go, let's talk while walking." ”

Qiu Moyan, who was taken by the maid to the lobby, was observing the Fan Mansion all the way, and just entered the gate, it was an 80-meter-long straight stone paved road, which divided the six courtyards into two rows in the north and south, and there were slopes on both sides of the road against the wall.

At the end is the ancestral hall, which corresponds to the gate in the distance. There are four main buildings, the gatehouse, the more building, and several pavilions, and Qiu Moyan also saw a few guards who were constantly moving around from a distance.

Pavilions and pavilions, carved beams and painted buildings, piles of gold and powder, very luxurious. [Note 2]

[Note 1]: Quoted from Baidu.

[Note 2]: Quoted from the description of Qiao's compound in Baidu Encyclopedia.