Chapter 143: The Aftermath
Li Haoran breathed a sigh of relief, carried the mourning stick, and was about to move forward, but the big man just now blocked the way by raising the shovel: "Who dares?" Have the ability to step over my chest. β
"Haoran, Wang Da just wants some money, it's better to give it to him." An old man walked over and whispered to Li Haoran.
The big man on the opposite side flashed his eyes, revealing an expectant look.
"Okay!" Haoran waved his hand impatiently.
The old man stepped forward, the big man took the shovel, the two avoided everyone, and muttered together for a long time, and the old man returned with a calm face: "Haoran, Wang Da wants this number." He gave a slap in the face.
"Fifty taels of silver?" Haoran frowned, "Give it to him!" β
"It's not!" The old man said hurriedly, then lowered his voice and leaned into Haoran's ear, "Five hundred taels!" β
Wen Han has been practicing martial arts for three years, and now it is more than before, it can be said that he is deaf and clear-sighted, and he suspiciously glanced at both sides of Wang Dahe's old man's face, confirming that this is an internal ghost.
Li Haoran saw that the number was huge, hesitated, and he looked at Wen Han for help.
"Let them go!" Wen Han Dao.
"You, you, you're just a relative, patted your ass and left, you know a word, how much trouble did you cause Haoran?" The old man pointed at Wen Han and shouted violently.
"Five hundred taels, how much?" Wen Han's voice was cloudy, his eyes stared coldly, the old man subconsciously lowered his eyelids, and in the cold wind, his forehead was shining.
This is also a splash, I saw him suddenly wipe his forehead with his sleeve, turned around and threw himself in front of the coffin: "Guanglei nephew, open your eyes, someone is bullying your uncle like this, bullying your Jiao'er, why did you just leave, what should you do if you leave orphans and widows-"
His cry brought a sense of harmony, and even Haoran's eyes couldn't help but redden.
"Haoran, who is this? Did you have a good relationship with your dad before? Wen Han pulled Haoran and asked in a low voice.
Haoran thought for a long time: "He is the grandfather of the fifth room, and we are all out of the fifth suit, so he doesn't move around much on weekdays." β
"Then he's pretending to cry? If you think clearly, if you give money once, in the future, this will be like a bottomless pit, you have to spend it endlessly, if you are willing to listen to me, even if you are in a lawsuit, you will have a brother-in-law to support you. β
"Wang Da is a scoundrel, and he has relatives in the official mansion, and we are all afraid of him here."
"Don't worry, brother-in-law is not afraid! Brother-in-law also has the ability to keep you safe! β
"Then I'm not afraid!" Haoran straightened his small chest.
"It's good, it's not a shame that your father-in-law named you Haoran, let's be human, we must have this Haoran righteousness!"
Li Haoran couldn't help grinning, he suddenly felt that he had the backbone, and he was no longer at a loss like a few days ago, and his heart was flustered.
Haoran puffed up his chest, cleared his throat, and said loudly: "Ninth Grandpa, please get out of the way, the auspicious time is coming, I still have to sacrifice to heaven and earth, and let my father enter the earth for peace." As soon as he waved his hand, several servants of the Li family stepped forward and dragged the old man who was in the way aside.
Wang Da's eyes stared at Wen Han fiercely, and he could see that the one who was against him today was this seemingly weak scholar.
Haoran had just taken a step forward when Wang Da's shovel was raised again.
Wen Han waved his hand behind him, Shi Qilan paced over, and he said impatiently: "Just you brute, don't be embarrassed here." As he spoke, he raised his hand and pulled the king's shovel to the side.
Wang Da knew that he couldn't be good today, so he waved his hand with a shovel downward, and he wanted to hurt Shi Qilan.
In the countryside, the people are simple and simple, and the bleeding is enough to deter everyone.
Shi Qilan frowned, her waist moved slightly, and the shovel was snatched by him, and as soon as everyone saw it, the shovel turned around and went straight to Wang Da's neck.
"This is your shovel, if you accidentally break your skin, the lord asks, I will probably say, you missed my hand when you hit me, and you hurt yourself, and I have nothing to do with it!"
Wang Da couldn't figure out why he had become passive all of a sudden, and several brothers around him hula surrounded him, one wanted to grab the shovel, and the rest greeted Shi Qilan with the guy in his hand.
As soon as Shi Qilan let go, he couldn't stop grabbing the shovel, staggered back, and rolled down with his bones, fortunately, the hillside was not steep, and he didn't fall to his death, but it also made him lie where he was, moaning and not moving.
"Shoot him!" Wang's atmosphere was broken, and he roared loudly, Wen Han hurriedly stepped forward and started with Shi Qilan.
Shi Qilan alone is very easy to deal with these gangsters, plus a Wen Han, the other party was quickly beaten and fled in embarrassment.
The old man of the Li family didn't know when he sneaked away.
The funeral of the Li family can finally continue, and the tedious process that was arranged at the beginning had to be simplified, and at the moment of the hour, in Haoran's crying, Li Xiucai's coffin was put into the tomb.
Everyone knows that this matter is definitely not so easy to pass, buried his father, and Haoran ordered someone to clean up a courtyard for his sister and brother-in-law to live in.
Zhen was in the backyard, so angry that she turned in circles, and it was easy to call her son to her, and she couldn't wait to nag up: "Five hundred taels of silver is five hundred taels of silver, just give them to them, it's good now, provoke Wang Da, what should we do?" Li Yanran and her man will never protect you for a lifetime! β
"Why not? The eldest sister promised her father to protect me as I grew up! β
"You, you, you idiot, are you going to let them live here for the rest of their lives? Our property, don't let them all calculate! β
Haoran laughed angrily: "This bit of family property, do you think your brother-in-law can see it?" He is eighteen years old, civil and military all-rounder, the future is limitless, I just hold the family property in both hands to give it to him, people disdain to look at it. β
"What are you talking nonsense? I still don't believe it, he doesn't like it, he doesn't see why he wants to stay. Zhen felt that his son was too young and let Qian Wenhan deceive him.
Haoran let out a long sigh, and when Li Xiucai was alive, he especially imagined it, which startled Zhen: "Haoran? β
"Alas, mother, I finally understand, why did Daddy sigh when he saw you, if it weren't for Grandpa's life-saving grace to Daddy, he would have divorced his wife a long time ago, you are so confused, you would rather give your family property to outsiders than give it to your sister, but she is still her father's daughter."
"How can I give it to outsiders......" Thinking that he was willing to give five hundred taels of silver to Wang Da just now, Zhen was ashamed and angry, "Five hundred taels of silver, compared with our family's property, it is only a drop in the bucket, you are angry with the old lady to death." β
"Mother, as far as your ability to lose, today is Wang Da, tomorrow there will be Zhang Da, our orphans and widows, in the eyes of those hungry wolves, are a piece of fat, they don't eat us and wipe us clean, where are you willing to give up? If my sister and brother-in-law want this family property, why not give it to them? As long as they still have a trace of kindness, they are willing to keep a piece of the Li family's bloodline, and it is better than cheaper outsiders. β
Seeing that he and his son were in such a dangerous situation now, Zhen couldn't help but cry: "Dead ghost, why did you let go like this, how can we liveββ"
Haoran couldn't help crying, and after a while, his emotions were controlled, and he glared at his mother fiercely: "You shut up for me, if Daddy wasn't angry with you, could he go in such a hurry?" I hate you! He stomped his foot, turned his head and left, which stunned Zhen, and it took a while before he started crying again, and he didn't know if there was a trace of regret.
Wen Han and Yan Ran discussed together, except for the old man in the fifth room, whether the Li family still has a mole.
Yanran's eyes were red and swollen, and she wrung her veil angrily and said: "There must be, Zhen only knows how to be different from her father, and she has changed a lot of servants in the family, how can she have the eye to see people?" only likes to flatter sycophants, such people, if they either harbor evil intentions, or they are incompetent rice buckets. β
"I see that there is something wrong with the big housekeeper of your family, I went to practice in the morning, and he was ghostly at the side door, and he didn't know what to do."
"Do you mean Wang He?" Yan Ran almost jumped up, "The nurse said that Daddy had already driven him away, and Zhen called him back again?" He and Wang Da are cousins. β
"Isn't he your stepmother's cousin?"
"Oh, I raised it, my father has already found it out." Yan Ran stood up angrily, "This Zhen family, why do you eat Wang He and that set." β
Wen Han thought about it, attached himself to his wife's ear, and whispered a few words.
Early this morning, Wen Han still got up early to practice, Zhen pulled Haoran, and brought a few subordinates behind him, hiding near the west gate where he often walked around early. She heard her daughter say that she saw her brother-in-law turn around the side door in the morning, and a copper smoker in his room was gone, which was her father's antique, worth a hundred taels of silver.
Wen Han walked under a big tree, looked around, and even hid it, Zhen was confused, he didn't understand what he was going to do, and was wondering, when he saw the housekeeper Wang He coming over, his expression was also a little panicked.
"Stop!" Wen Han dodged out from behind the tree.
"Auntie, what are you doing here?" Wang He's face was very calm.
Wen Han looked back, and suddenly leaned over, only to hear the sound of "tearing", Wang He's coat was torn open, in his cotton robe, there was no cotton, nor velvet, it turned out to be a piece of red cloth, Wen Han quickly snatched his clothes with both hands, layer by layer, under the red satin, there was a piece of cyan Shu brocade, and below, it was a piece of Hangzhou silk.
Zhen was dumbfounded.
"Mother, do you see who is the thief? Daddy has repeatedly told you that Wang He is not a thing, why don't you listen? also said that Daddy deliberately went against you, even if Daddy didn't want to see you, didn't he want my life to be better? He will definitely keep a good housekeeper. β
Zhen was speechless, so he had to listen to his son's words, and promised Haoran to drive away all the housekeepers and stewards he had promoted, and replace them with a team left by the man.
Wen Han and Shi Qilan stared at Wang He for five days and five nights, and their hard work finally paid off.
"You also stole my smoker!" Qiao Ran, who was silent on the side, suddenly rushed to the front, timidly and angry, and pointed at Wen Han with a trembling index finger.
"If my brother-in-law hadn't deliberately let you see him take the incense burner, would my mother have come to watch this scene obediently?" Haoran pulled the second sister's hand down, "The incense burner is placed under the bed in my room." β
Wen Han sighed, on the day he came to greet him, his father-in-law only told him to take care of his son, and he was still an old man who only paid attention to his heirs.
"Mother, the domestic servants left by my father are all heartfelt and commendable, you and your second sister are at home, as long as you do what he says, you will definitely be able to live in peace."
Zhen became nervous, and in just a few days, her son had become her backbone: "Haoran, where are you going?" β
"I want to follow my brother-in-law and go to the provincial capital to study!"
"You can't go ......," Zhen burst into tears.
"I don't want to be at home with you, I don't get the same time as the second sister, I let you be confused."
"Say what? Her eyes widened in anger. β
"Second sister, if you don't listen to your father, in the future, when you cry, don't let him hear it. Daddy is seriously ill for your family's business. β
Snorted disdainfully.
The Li family has been at peace, but Wen Han feels that Wang Da and Wang He will never give up, anyway, he didn't plan to go to Lin County to be an official, so he left Li Yulin's contact address, took his wife and brother-in-law, and went back to the mountain nest first, planning to live there for a while, and then go to Minghu City.
Wen Jin was still at home, which surprised Wen Han: "You don't care about the business in Minghu City?" β
Wen Jin smiled bitterly in her heart, but she didn't show anything on her face: "It's good there, I have to arrange the affairs of the family first." "Liao Chengtian's matchmaker has come to the door, where does she dare to throw herself into the net?
Wen Han thought that Wen Jin was going to take care of the land in Shiwei Village, he didn't suspect anything, that day, Yan Ran suspected that he didn't take it to heart at all, brother, how could he become a woman?
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The war in Western Xinjiang has ended. With Qian Xiancong leading the way, Jurong's soldiers and horses, unknowingly crossed the desert and surrounded the city of Tartar at night, the prince was a ruthless character, taking advantage of the dark night and high wind, a fire burned the city of Tartar, and the people who easily escaped from the sea of fire also became the target of Jurong's soldiers to practice archery.
Without this city, the Tartar front had to retreat five hundred miles, and they did not have twenty years of rest and recuperation, and absolutely could not afford to violate the border again.
Jurong's soldiers and horses withdrew to the east of the desert, leaving nearly a thousand miles of open space between the two countries.
These were also deployed by Prince Ren with the consent of the crown prince, and the defense in the west of the desert was too long for the national strength to be consumed, and even if there was no war, the supplies would have dragged him down.
The crown prince did not allow Prince Ren to report to the emperor, and he had to suddenly return to the capital when his opponent was caught off guard, take control of the situation, and prepare to ascend the throne.
He got accurate news that the emperor was terminally ill, and his days were numbered, and he had not been to court for a month.
At this moment, Qian Jun is following the prince, with 5,000 elite soldiers, dressed as a migrant worker transporting grain in Western Xinjiang, and is rushing back.
He wanted to appear next to the person he liked for the first time, and a few days ago, he also received a pair of leather boots from Wen Jin, and his lover's heart was so earnest that his heart was warm and soft.
It's a pity that the government is controlled by traitors, if the crown prince is not pushed to the throne, the next emperor is likely to be his rival, even if he gets to Wen Jin's side for the first time, what can he do? can't give her a peaceful and happy life, but it will drag down the person she loves, and she will be upside down and hiding in the second half of her life, so he might as well not bother her.
The wolves were fed, and Qian Jun had no choice but to put his love behind.
The prince also calculated that Qian Jun would resolutely support him, they were comrades-in-arms in the same trench, or rather, grasshoppers on a rope, in the second half of their lives, if they wanted to live a normal life, at this time, they had to fight hard.
Prince Ren has been operating in Western Xinjiang for ten years, except for a few post stations he deliberately left behind, and the last pass is a rival, the rest of the place, has long been operating without revealing a drop of water, the prince turned around, those nails that were planted were removed cleanly without exception.
Finally arrived at Songlin Town, and further on, it was Guannai, five thousand soldiers and horses, and if you ran like this, the goal was still too obvious.
After killing the opponent's guards, the prince promoted his own people to take charge, and he and Qian Jun discussed what to do next at the guard's residence.
Qian Jun was confident: "Separate actions, part of the pretending to be a martial artist who sent darts to complete the return, some of them pretending to be pawns of the post station, delivering letters, these people hurry up, no one doubts, they fight the front station, enter Beijing first, let's also separate, I will go before you, what about me, pretending to be a post officer, day and night, by land, you pretend to be an official who enters Beijing to seek shortages, detour, take the waterway." β
"Five thousand, how many squads will it turn into?" The prince felt that it was too troublesome.
"I already have a plan, and I have made arrangements on the way."
The prince made up his mind: "Just do it, where will we meet when the time comes?" β
"Those who pretend to be businessmen, naturally meet in the South Chamber of Commerce and the North Chamber of Commerce, and pretend to be a post man, when they arrive outside Beijing, they will change their identities, pretend to be Liba who entered the city, meet in the East City and the West City People's City, and pretend to be a bodyguard, and meet in the Hongyuan Dart Bureau, and when I get the people in order, you should probably arrive."
The crown prince nodded, holding Qian Jun with both hands: "Good brother, success or failure is here, in the future, the Jurong Dynasty will look at us." β
"I'm just a pawn of His Royal Highness the Prince, our Qian family, it all depends on His Royal Highness's strategy to win a thousand miles." Qian Jun didn't want to spend the rest of his life exhausted and busy, and when the prince ascended the throne, he would have to retreat bravely.
"Hahaha, our brothers work together, don't you want to escape, hide and relax." The prince's eyes are earnest, such a capable minister, if he lets go, he will be a fool.
Qian Jun knew that at this time and at that time, the future prince might not still rely on him so much, so he no longer entangled, nodded and promised: "The younger brother is sent by the prince, and he will not hesitate to break his bones!" β
"Good brother!" The prince was moved, his voice was a little choked, and he once again tightened Qian Jun's hand and shook it solemnly.
On the same day, Liao Chengtian saw the little girl Zhu'er who rushed back from Shanyang.
"How dare she refuse me? Let me? And said that as my concubine, she is a 'woman who is inferior to the three promiscuities'? Zhu'er was frightened when he saw that his master was so angry, he stood tremblingly, and didn't dare to say a word, Liao Chengtian vented enough, so he sat on the soft couch, contemplating his eyebrows, growing so big, he was still disgusted for the first time, and was rejected for the first time, this breath is really hard to swallow.
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