Ruan Yanliang was ambushed and killed in the south, and several officials subordinate to the military department in the south presented them one by one afterwards, and Xu Mian always went to Li Chongshan's warm pavilion to sit in every now and then, and he was lucky enough to take two glances and remember it in his heart.

Xu Meng didn't know if it was because the people in the south liked to show off their literary talents, and they were full of joy, how the Nanban was ambushed, and how Ruan Yanliang resisted desperately without knowing it, as if they had witnessed the whole process with their own eyes.

"In fact, the writing is average, but it's just more tearful than others." Xu Cover sneered in a low voice.

In short, several adults in the military department wiped away their tears when they tasted the public slip, maybe they wanted to sell it well in front of Li Chongshan, and they each made a fu to submit it when they turned around.

Since Xu Bao entered the Ministry of Rites, he and Hao Tingmei and the three of them have been circling every day, reading the books of sages and morals in their eyes and mouths, and they feel bored, so they follow the trend and send them to the end.

It just so happened that Li Chongshan wanted to show Ruan Yanliang's merits, and the officials of the military department who voted for Qiong Yao took advantage of the east wind, and they did not have a shortage in less than half a month after not being promoted.

Xu Bao was not under the control of the Ministry of War, and he did not receive actual rewards, but since then, Li Chongshan has looked at him differently, and when there is no one on duty in the Ministry of Rites, he will call him to go to the warm pavilion to talk.

Today, when I heard Xiao Tong talk about the reason, I suddenly remembered the unnoticed loopholes in those snowflakes-like public gates, and realized that his third brother Xu Chen abandoned the future of the military department and switched to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, all because Li Chongshan set up the game with one hand behind the scenes and dropped the chess pieces with the other.

"The third brother is also up to this important task, no wonder I tried every means to persuade him in the past, but he kept silent."

There are still a lot of complicated things to be done under the hands of the little boy, and if he delays for a moment, he will be punished by the steward, so he asked carefully: "The eldest master still has orders, and the steward is calling the little one." ”

"I'll ask you one more thing." Xu Bao looked at the servants and mothers-in-law who were busy left and right, they were all familiar faces that he had seen in the Shilang Mansion in the past, "Can your wife deliver the news to the second master who is doing business in Yunnan?" ”

Xiao Tong said: "Earlier, I got the bad news of the master, and the lady ordered the steward to send the letter quickly, calculate the distance, and you will be able to reach the capital in a few days." ”

Gu Shi didn't see Xu Bao go back for a long time, and went out to look for it, and happened to hear them talk about it, waved his hand to retreat the child, and invited Xu Bao into the house to talk.

"Big brother, speaking of the second brother's entry into Beijing this time, you have to help your younger brother and sister persuade him."

Seeing that Xu Ran didn't know where he and the maid had gone, and he couldn't take care of her, he personally served tea to Xu Bao, and his low-eyed appearance was the same as when he was a daughter-in-law before he broke up.

Xu Bao knew that although the Gu family was helped up by the concubine, she had a lot of eyes in her heart, and all she could ask for was a few small things, so she didn't mean to push it back, so she took the tea and ate it.

"Although everyone split up more than ten years ago, the third brother left, and only you orphans and widows were left in the future, which is pitiful. Since I am the elder brother, and my brother's family is in trouble, I will help him. If you have something, just say it, and if you beat around the bush, it will seem to be a foreign way, not the truth of a family. ”

When Gu Shi heard these words, he was sad and happy, his eyes were full of tears, and he bowed to Yingying.

She is used to being a little low, although she has been a housewife all these years, she has not forgotten her skills, and she choked up: "Our family has a mine in Yunnan, and the first Gu remembered the reputation of Chenlang, and has always sent the mine name to me, even my brother Gu Daren is also kept in the gourd and does not let him know......"

The relationship between Xu Cover and his third brother Xu Chen is harmonious, as long as there are family matters, they all talk to each other, and I heard Xu Chen talk about the Yunnan mine.

However, because of poor management, Xu Chen did not dare to act under Li Chongshan's nose, so he could only dig secretly, and the profits obtained were enough to maintain the livelihood of his family for the time being, and he could not develop far-reaching.

Gu Shi saw that he was worried, and thought that he was moved, and took advantage of the situation and said: "Now that Chenlang has given us away, there is no support for officials and businessmen at home, and life will definitely be difficult." We can't expect to rely on the eldest brother to support, so I want to beg the eldest brother to persuade the second brother to ask the second brother to make a living for our orphans and widows, as long as the mine does not fall, we are very grateful, and burn two incense sticks for him in front of the Buddha every day. ”

"I'm afraid things are a little difficult—"

The Gu family, who has been begging for a long time, also knows the difficulties, among the three brothers of the Xu family, the only eldest Xu Bao and the third Xu Chen, the two siblings of one mother, are the closest.

The second Xu Ye was born to a young lady, because he was valued by the grandfather, he was brought to him and taught him to read and write.

Xu Ye has the heaviest filial piety among the three, and he is grateful for his grandfather's kindness to him, and he has worked hard in his studies, and he has not much time to play with the two brothers. When they meet on weekdays, he talks about his own golden house in the book, Xu Bao and Xu Bao talk about fishing and catching birds, they can't talk about together, and when they get older, they will each camp their own loves, and they are even less close.

"The eldest brother is the oldest and most serious, as long as you open your mouth, the second brother doesn't follow his mouth, but he still has to do what the eldest brother says." In order for himself and Xu Ran not to be depressed in the future, the Gu family will not be reluctant to give up today, and this matter has to be done.

The decision has been made, Gu Shi picked up a handkerchief to wipe her tears, she was already delicate and lovely, and her temperament was almost the same as the concubine who served Xu Bao, and Xu Miao couldn't stand this kind of tearful tone the most.

"Big brother just doesn't look at the face of our mother, but also for the sake of the one who is gone, so agree!" Saying that, his knees touched the ground, and he was about to kowtow to Xu Cover.

Xu covered up the difference between men and women, and hurriedly called the little boy who stood aside without a head to come and help.

"Why is this the younger brother-in-law, I didn't say I wouldn't help, it's just that things are a little difficult."

Gu Shi didn't wait for the little boy to come to pick him up, and while getting up, he smiled with tears in his eyes: "So the eldest brother agreed?" ”

Xu said that "when the third brother bought the mine, the second brother wrote to ask me why I didn't persuade the third brother, this was supposed to move the head, and it didn't affect a large family to suffer with it, but it was okay, the worst thing was your mother...... How could he have known that I had also persuaded my third brother, but with such a large family to eat and drink, he quit his good job as a waiter, and could only rely on the mine to survive.

At first, I thought that he was doing business in Yunnan, but when I saw that my third brother was going well, I instigated me in every way. When people went to Yunnan to inquire, they learned that his business was getting bigger and bigger, and his wife and children were not much worse than the third lady of the Ruan family in terms of food and clothing a day, and what kind of status pomp and circumstance it had to be. ”

Gu hurriedly said: "That's it, since the second brother has the ability of Bai Gui Fan Li, he naturally looks down on our family's meager property." I just ask the second brother to be kind and not let us starve to death. ”

Xu was thinking about how to persuade Xu Ye, and promised to come out of Xu's mansion, and did not forget to tell the Gu family before leaving.

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