"I see...... It seems that when I go to the capital in the future, I can't wear new clothes and shoes to show off in front of people. Liu Yunniang suddenly realized and bowed her head silently.

Su Jiudong laughed: "Ah Niang, people like Su Xinglian who love to be greedy are a minority after all, you don't have to choke on food for this, even if you have new clothes and new shoes to wear, we can still afford them." ”

After dealing with the affairs of the Su family, Su Jiudong's days in the Wen Mansion were peaceful and the ancient well was undisturbed. Without being disturbed by trivial matters, Su Jiudong could also meditate on the antidote to the poison in Wen Yiheng's body, and the full and busy days came to the end of October in a blink of an eye.

Fortunately, the emperor lived up to his painstaking efforts, and under Su Jiudong's meticulous care and careful treatment, the arrow wound wound on Wen Yiheng's body finally healed, and Su Jiudong still did not dare to take it lightly, and still took turns with decoction, medicinal diet, medicinal bath, and acupuncture every day.

This night, Su Jiudong finished acumulating Wen Yiheng and was packing up the acupuncture bag, when Wen Yiheng's deep voice came from behind him: "My wound is so good, it's time to put the matter of entering Beijing on the agenda." ”

Wen Yiheng always wanted to bring Su Jiudong back to the capital, but it was useless to dissuade him several times. Unexpectedly, an arrow wound made Su Jiudong change his mind, and finally agreed to return to Beijing with him after the injury was healed, so Wen Yiheng, who was injured, secretly counted a few days in his heart, hoping that the wound would heal soon.

Wen Yiheng, who had been sleeping on his stomach for almost three months, was finally able to lie down and sleep because of the arrow wound on his back, and the day of returning to Beijing was approaching, Wen Yiheng's voice was very obvious lightness and joy.

"I asked Xu Ming, and he said that it would take nearly 20 days to travel from Lin'an Prefecture to the capital by land from the waterway around the city, so I slowly began to pack up in the past few days. I plan to wait for the winter moon to set off, and it is best to arrive in the capital before the wax moon. ”

Wen Yiheng calculated the days at the beginning of winter, and said happily with bright eyes; "Okay, then it's decided, six days later, on the first day of the winter month, we will have breakfast and set off."

"Are you so happy to be back in Beijing? Look at your eyes, you're almost out laughing. Su Jiudong rarely saw Wen Yiheng smiling so wantonly and happily from the bottom of his heart, and Wen Yiheng's eyes were full of stars.

Lying comfortably on the bed, Wen Yiheng was overjoyed: "After returning to Beijing, I can take advantage of the annual leave to rest for a while, you and An'er can also recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors, and we will make up for the family gift after the New Year... With so many happy events waiting for me, I'm naturally happy. ”

After returning to Beijing at that time, Su Jiudong followed Su Fenglan to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors, and Su Tingan followed him Wen Yiheng to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors to write into the family tree, and good things came in pairs. If you can marry your beloved Su Jiudong smoothly, it will be the most satisfying result.

"Wait!" Su Jiudong stopped packing the acupuncture bag, rushed to the bed with his hands on his waist, looked down at Wen Yiheng condescendingly, and said with annoyance: "Who said that we would get married after the New Year?" ”

Wen Yiheng was still excited: "I said it, I just finished speaking." ”

Su Jiudong looked at Wen Yiheng with a confident look, as if he could expect that she would definitely agree to marry him, just as he was sure that she would agree to enter Beijing with him, Su Jiudong's heart suddenly became alarmed.

Su Jiudong's original owner is twenty-three years old this year, and Su Jiudong is also twenty-three years old after crossing over.

Although twenty-three years old was already the leftover age of an old girl in ancient times, Su Jiudong was still accustomed to modern thinking. After experiencing the ideological education tide of late marriage and late childbearing, Su Jiudong thought that it was too early to marry at the age of twenty-three.

Wen Yiheng sensitively caught Su Jiudong's face stiff, and immediately guessed Su Jiudong's idea of not wanting to get married for the time being: "You don't want to get married in such a hurry?" ”

"Actually, I was reckless and didn't inform you of this idea in advance. Such a rash proposal really scares you. ”

Su Jiudong rubbed the ends of his hair in embarrassment, didn't dare to look at Wen Yiheng's eyes, and said weakly: "I really didn't prepare for getting married, and I want to postpone the matter of getting married for the time being." ”

"As long as you agree to marry me, it's never too late." Wen Yiheng was completely sure in his heart: "We have been together for a long time, and you gave birth to An'er for me, and you can't run away in this life, so I'm not worried." ”

Wen Yiheng's transparent attitude made Su Jiudong very comfortable, originally she planned to list a bunch of reasons to persuade Wen Yiheng not to be in a hurry to get married, but now a stone in her heart has also landed.

After packing up the important things, the shopkeeper Liu of Su Jiudong's medicinal diet restaurant went to the letter, and took his family and Wen Yiheng and his party on the way back to Beijing.

Su Tingan and Ah Rong went out for the first time, and they were also very excited and excited to sit in the carriage.

Ah Rong, who has always been quiet and silent, also looked out of the window with Su Ting'an, and the two children showed no signs of seasickness when they changed to the waterway, and they had fun on the big boat.

Liu Yunniang had a slight seasickness, but with Su Jiudong, a doctor, she didn't suffer much.

The continuous transfer of land and waterway lasted half a month, and Su Jiudong and Wen Yiheng and their entourage were finally ready to go to Huainan County, which is close to the capital. The first Chinese network

However, the situation in Huainan County is not optimistic. Wen Yiheng, a large team of fifteen carriages, attracted the attention of two groups of bandits.

When he was about to enter Huainan County, he first encountered the first batch of bandits. The bandits saw only fifteen wagons and twelve guards on horseback, and thought they had a lot of money on them, so they went down the hill to block the way.

Unexpectedly, there were more than twelve guards in this team, and a bunch of guards came down from the eight carriages, beat up the bandits, and ran away.

It is not the first time that Su Jiudong and Wen Yiheng have experienced a road and car carjacking by bandits, so when facing the second case of bandits blocking the road after entering Huainan County, both of them are very calm.

The bandits, who had eighteen people, and Wen Yiheng's team returning to Beijing, were in a stalemate on the road where there was no village in front of the village and no shop in the back.

The twelve guards sat calmly on horseback, scattered around the fifteen carriages, and were no longer surprised by the bandits who were holding swords in the way, so the other guards in the eight carriages did not get out of the carriage to help the guards.

Facing the bandits with knives, Liu Yunniang in the carriage hugged the two children tightly: "Jiu Dong'er, how big is this Huainan County, we haven't arrived at the county seat after walking for two days, it has always been a barren mountain and wild range, and now we have encountered a bandit again, why are you so unlucky." ”

After experiencing being attacked by bandits outside Hangzhou, Wen Yiheng hated the bandits very much, and planned to let the guards kill all the bandits according to the usual actions.

Wen Yiheng was about to give an order to the guards outside the carriage through the curtain, but was stopped by Su Jiudong: "Slow, how can I see that those bandits seem to be still holding a few people, as if they are civilians?" ”

Ding Xuming rode his horse and looked at it, and replied, "The thief brought two old men, a middle-aged woman and two children. Look at the clothes should be ordinary people undoubtedly. One of the old men was injured, and I saw blood on his face and coat. ”

"There are civilians here, it's better to save people first, and then kill those bandits." Su Jiudong looked at Wen Yiheng, and Wen Yiheng also ordered to do so, and asked the guards to save the people and kill the bandits.

Wen Yiheng gave an order, and the sound of killing outside the carriage shook the sky, and the carriage was quiet as if nothing had happened. Liu Yunniang taught Su Ting'an and Ah Rong to cover their ears to prevent the two children from hearing the movement outside the carriage.

Su Jiudong and Wen Yiheng sat side by side, hating the bandits outside the carriage: "Huainan County is also near the capital, right?" Why is it that the closer you get to the capital, the more rampant the bandits become? Counting today, this is the second case. ”

"It's better to leave a living mouth when killing the bandits, we will lead people to kill the mountain and sweep away the bandits is a cottage."

Almost every dynasty has had bandits. Even if the imperial court sent troops to suppress it, it could only be suppressed for a period of time, and there would still be bandits again in the future.

There are many reasons for the trouble of bandits, but Su Jiudong can't understand why the action to exterminate bandits is always inexhaustible, and it cannot be eliminated in the short term.

Wen Yiheng did not agree with this reckless and rash move: "We have a lot of luggage and heavy goods, and it is more than enough to kill a dozen bandits, but if we want to sweep away the cottage, I am afraid that it is not feasible." ”

"The mountains are dangerous and the environment is complex. Bandits have been wandering the local area for a long time, and they are certainly more familiar with the local geography than we are. If we rush up the mountain, we may be ambushed by bandits, and the gains outweigh the losses. ”

"And the bandits are complex, and there may be some who are forced to fall into the grass due to current events. They have great skills, and we will do more harm than good to them. Wen Yiheng pointed out the window, lowered his voice and said to Su Jiudong: "Ding Xuming has been a bandit before..."

Wen Yiheng's entourage of guards all said that Ding Xuming's martial arts were strong and his skills were extraordinary. Su Jiudong thought that Ding Xuming was a soldier, so he was very surprised by the information that he had been a bandit, and couldn't help but think of Shuibo Liangshan in the Water Margin.

"Then we can only just watch and let them go? What if they continue to block the road and rob houses in the future? ”

Hearing that Ding Xuming said that some of the people held hostage by the bandits were injured, Su Jiudong knew that the bandits must have robbed the people living near here first, and on the way back, they met Su Jiudong and their team, so they blocked the road again to rob.

"That's all a matter for the magistrates and the court, and we don't need to worry about it for the time being. The top priority at the moment is to rush into Beijing. Wen Yiheng originally planned to leave after killing the bandits, but Su Jiudong wanted to save the people who were held hostage in the hands of the bandits, but he was afraid that there would be trouble again.

Su Jiudong glared angrily: "You yourself are the prime minister, don't you care about this?" ”

"This kind of thing really won't trouble me to exterminate the bandits, and it is usually solved by local officials themselves." There are too many important government affairs that I need to deal with, and it is true that such a "trivial matter" as dealing with bandits will not be reported to him.

"But I see that the successive dynasties have exterminated the bandits, but they have always been unable to kill, and the local officials have not done anything." Su Jiudong was indignant about this. The inactive officials are undoubtedly conniving at the bandits to continue to cause chaos and encourage the arrogance of the bandits, and the people have to suffer and suffer.

"It's not that they don't act, they do less."