I don't know how long I took the boat, but I saw that the sun had changed from red, big, and flat to yellow, small, and round, and began to set westward. I asked the boatman how long it would take to arrive, and the boatman said that there were still two or three miles of waterway, and it must be soon.

Sure enough, slowly, a gorgeous mansion came into view - the vermilion gate, with a black "Xu Mansion" plaque hanging on it, eight large black pillars, painted with golden lacquer with patterns such as flying dragons, dancing phoenixes, and walking tigers, beams and flying rafters, like a large peng with open wings, and a carved dragon on the ridge, as if alive, with scales and claws dancing, and whiskers flying......

I hurriedly disembarked and walked forward.

"May I ask what you are doing, sir?" Two people standing at the door asked me.

"The two of you helped me tell General Xu that there were people who wanted to join the general and asked to see him outside."

I stood outside the door for a while.

"General, please come in." They opened the door, walked in, and it was a different sight.

An elegant small garden appears in front of you, and the garden is planted with peach trees, laurel trees, sycamores, wood trees, begonias, peonies, impatiens, and Qingge...... Fragrant and lush.

There is also a pond next to the garden, the clear water is clear, the Guanyin willow is planted next to the pool, the branches droop just lightly touch the water surface, together with the wind, the branches of the willow tree drive the pond water, and there are ripples in a circle, which is very good-looking.

An elegant small pavilion is built on the pool, and the small pavilion is made of green tiles, and a plaque of "Pleasant Pavilion" hangs in front of the pavilion. There was a dignified person sitting in the small pavilion, which should be General Xu himself.

"Sir, please." The servant brought me to General Xu.

"Sir, please be seated." General Xu pointed to the begonia nanmu round pestle in front of him, "Since you are here to defect to me Xu, what skills does Mr. have?" Or is it just to eat? ”

"I heard that the general is recruiting troops, and I expect that there is something important to do, and I am willing to do my meager contribution to the general, and I have no unusual skills, and it is also to eat for a while, and the most important thing is to ask for something."

A slight smile appeared on General Xu's face, "What's the matter?" ”

I said more succinctly about Sui'er being sold into Chunxiangyuan, "This visit to the general is to borrow 200 punshell coins from the general to redeem my sister. ”

"There are many women in this Chunxiang Courtyard, and most of them are resold in, even if I am a wealthy family, I can't save every girl from the dire situation." General Xu shook his head, "There is nothing Xu can do about this matter, please go back." ”

Then, I methodically analyzed the current situation with him, and gradually, he smiled and nodded to me frequently.

Anyway, I have practiced in the human world for tens of thousands of years, I know astronomy, geography, I have seen most things, and this bit of political affairs still does not bother me.

"Mr. is really a genius, forgive Xu for being clumsy. I don't know what to call Mr.? "General Xu's attitude has changed drastically.

"The general is exaggerating. My name is He Chun. ”

"It is my honor that Mr. He can defect to me Xu, I can't hide it, there is indeed a big event to happen in recent days - our Wu State is going to have a war with Qi State, but I am now old, and all kinds of things have been handed over to my eldest son Xu Chengtong to take care of, just to win the war and defend the country."

"General, my sister's business ......," I said tentatively.

"I'll send someone to fetch the money for the gentleman." The general smiled slightly, "If Mr. doesn't dislike the Burrow, you can live here with your sister, and I will immediately have two rooms cleaned." ”

"It's also General Lao's bother."

After a while, the butler brought a plate, lifted the cloth, and inside were ten round and smooth seashells, "This is a high-quality shell coin, one is worth twenty friends, exactly two hundred friends, and the gentleman can redeem his sister with these." ”

"Thank you, General Xu, I will repay the general as a cow and a horse!"

"Sir is polite, I will send someone to take Mr. on horseback, and the waterway is very slow."

Riding a horse is really much faster than taking a boat, it takes six or seven hours to go to Xufu by boat, from the peak of the sun at noon to the sunset at the time of unitary, and the horseback riding only takes half an hour, when the time starts, the sky will be dark and not dark, when the time arrives at the Chunxiang Courtyard, when the people set the dusk, the night has been deep, and the Chunxiang Courtyard is still brightly lit, all kinds of sounds are mixed, it seems incompatible with the quiet outside world.

"Mama Zhang, there is a guest officer visiting!" Ran shouted loudly.

"It's coming, it's coming!" The hateful bustard mother came over and said, "Yo! This guest officer raised 200 punbe coins so quickly? She had a flattering smile on her face, and the flesh on her face was piled up with laughter, and it looked even uglier.

I took out ten high-grade seashells that I borrowed from General Xu, "I'll ransom Sui'er, you call her out." ”

"Sui'er can naturally be called, but you can't take it away."

"Why? Isn't that two hundred punbays? ”

"Two hundred punshells was the previous price, eight or nine hours have passed, the price has risen, and now it costs three hundred punshells to redeem people." The bustard mother was about to reach out and take the seashell, "There are still a hundred friends left." ”

I immediately took the shellfish back, "Are you too black-hearted?" ”

"Oh, guest officer, do you know how much business I have delayed in the past eight or nine hours? You are so rich, and you are so infatuated with Miss Sui'er, adding a hundred friends is nothing. The bustard mother in front of me smiled shamelessly, and I couldn't help but want to beat her up.

"I am on the order of General Xu to accompany Mr. He to ransom people, if you dare to obstruct it, you just can't get along with General Xu!" The accompanying man spoke slowly.

The bustard's mother pretended to be calm, "You said that General Xu is General Xu?" ”

The man took out a carved dragon flying phoenix jade wrench from his arms, which was impressively engraved with the word "Xu", and the bustard's mother's face immediately became complimentary, "Forgive the old man for not knowing Mount Tai, I will call the Sui'er girl out." ”

She called a runaway and asked him to call Sui'er out, and then handed Sui'er's "deed of sale" to me, "Two masters, look at this ransom ......"

I took out the ten seashells again, and when I saw Sui'er, I handed her the seashells, pulled Sui'er and left, bidding farewell to this noisy place with lights and wine completely.

"Sui'er, that old witch hasn't bullied you all these hours, has she?" I asked with concern.

"No, no, but Brother He Chun, where did you get so many shell coins?"

"Thanks to Grandma's guidance, I was asked to go to General Xu's house to borrow it, and thanks to General Xu's generosity, I came over non-stop later."

"Brother He Chun bothered."

"It's okay, by the way, Sui'er, are you hungry?"

"Sort of."

"Hey, but the shops are closed at this time." I touched my stomach, "I'm a little hungry too." ”

"Let's follow me back to Xufu first, the general must have already arranged the meal." Said the man who accompanied him.

"Good! Thank you just now, if it weren't for you, maybe I would have been pitted by that old witch again. ”

"Mr. Ho is polite."

I rode a horse and Sui'er followed behind the man and hurried to Xu's house.

Arriving at about the same time, General Xu really arranged a sumptuous banquet, and when he saw us, he immediately got up to greet us, "Mr. is back, you must be hungry, let's eat first." ”

"Sir." The man returned the wrench to General Xu.

"I thought that Chunxiangyuan was by no means a place to wait, so I handed my wrench to Xiao Zhao, which should be a bit of a deterrent."

"The general is really thoughtful, if it weren't for this wrench today, I might not be able to redeem my sister!" I said gratefully.

"Hahaha!" General Xu smiled heartily, "You eat first, Xiao Zhao, you also eat at the table." ”

After eating almost, General Xu smiled and said to me, "My body is not as good as before, and now most of the things are entrusted to the dog, he is very dull, and he will bother Mr. to give me a lot of advice in the future." ”

"You're welcome, General! I will do my best to repay the general. ”

"Xiao Zhao, go and call the young master over." General Xu turned to me, "Mr. and Inuzi get to know each other first." ”

After a while, a personable young man came up, with sword eyebrows and cold eyes, and his aura was lofty.

A sense of familiarity came over me, and I always felt like I had seen him somewhere.

"Xu Cheng, this gentleman's name is He Chun, and sitting next to him is Mr.'s sister He Sui'er. In the future, Mr. will be your staff officer, Mr. knows astronomy and geography, you have to learn more from him. ”

"I hope that Mr. will give me more guidance in the future." Xu Gongzi said to me humbly.

"Xu Gongzi is polite!"

After a little conversation, I found that Xu Gongzi was not how stupid General Xu said, he must be humble, on the contrary, I saw his wisdom and courage, and he must be a pillar of talent.

I inadvertently looked at Sui'er, and her face was slightly red.