"Hehe, naturally I'm losing someone, if I lose my life, can I still play chess with you with peace of mind?" The old way twists the goatee under the chin.

"How do you know ——??" Xiao Yi was surprised and delighted, and said that I had met a master, so he got up and saluted Lao Dao, "Master save me!" ”

"You want to know where to find someone, do you?"

"Hmm!"

"Don't worry, it won't be long before you will naturally meet, everything has its own destiny."

"Please guide me through the maze, is he going to join me?"

Lao Dao smiled: "When you meet someone, won't you understand?" ”

This old man's hair is gray and sparse, his goatee is also sparse, and he doesn't take care of it well every day, and the clothes on his body, no matter whether they are good or bad sent by Xiao Yi, wear them on him, and after a few days, they are all the same - he is too reckless, where to sit and sit, and even lie down if he wants to, his body is often stained with dust and grass clippings, Xiao Yi also said two old words before, let him pay attention to hygiene, Lao Dao didn't care: "How can I be so wronged for a few pieces of cloth?" Can't sit when you're tired, can't lie down when you're sleepy? ”

Xiao Yi saw that he was old, and he also understood that he was not in good health, so he went casually, but sent a few more clothes for him to wear.

Lao Dao is really sloppy, in him, there is no trace of fairy wind bones, Rao is his chess skills are amazing, Xiao Yi in his heart, he did not attribute him to the level of a hermit master.

This time, he knew that he had lost his eyes, and hurriedly saluted Lao Dao: "Please mention a few more words Master." ”

Lao Dao had already fallen to the ground and fell asleep.

"Master Commander, Master is really tired of reading the message for you just now."

"Looking for information?"

"When Master saw you, he already understood the worries in the hearts of adults, and he was playing chess while calculating for you."

"The little master must have already gotten a glimpse of the door, can you click one or two?"

"I don't have the ability of the master, at most I know that the person you are looking for is not dead, and now in our northeast, as for why this person was lost, I can't see the reason clearly, I can only hear a loud rumbling noise, probably something happened in the night."

"Thank you, Master!" Xiao Yi only knew at this time that the Taoism of the master and apprentice was not ordinary. He just didn't understand why these two people didn't build a better place to live and live more comfortably.

However, he saw that the old Taoist priest was lying on the ground like that, and there were soil and stones on the ground, and he could figure out a few points, and for the two of them, even if they had high-rise buildings, they would not enjoy it.

The little Taoist priest seemed to see through what Xiao Yi was thinking, and he smiled slightly: "It's just things outside the body, the master has reached the state where his wishes come true, how can these mundane things be influenced?" ”

"All wishes come true? Does it mean that when the mind thinks something, the body feels something? ”

"Uh-huh!"

"That is to say, even if you are lying in the wilderness, as long as you think that you live in the Fur House, what you feel in your body is the Fur House?"

"Hehe, yes, even if it is wind, frost, rain and snow, it has no effect." As he spoke, he flicked a flick on his clothes, and the dust disappeared, "It's just for you to look comfortable." ”

"Can Xiao learn a thing or two from the master?" Xiao Yi suddenly had the idea of cultivating immortals and learning the Tao.

"Your Excellency? It's not that it's impossible, it's just that there are too many worries in my heart right now, when you let go, my master will come to save you. ”

"I also have a fairy fate?"

"Everyone has it in the world, as long as you can let it go."

Xiao Yi thought about it and felt that he couldn't ignore his son and daughter, so he had to salute the Taoist master and apprentice: "Thank you, master, Xiao will come to visit another day!" ”

On the way down the mountain, Xiao Yicai suddenly thought that every time he went to see Lao Dao, the other party knew the purpose of his visit, almost every time he set up the chessboard, and sometimes made tea, but unfortunately he was always full of worries and never paid attention to such details, otherwise, he would have found that these two Taoist priests were not ordinary. When he returned to the barracks, his mentality changed, and when he saw the tall and majestic official offices, the majestic guards, and the atmosphere of the barracks, the pride that used to always gush out of his heart was all gone.

"After arranging Jin'er and Yu'er's lifelong events, Xiao went to find the old master." Xiao Yat thought.

If he has no heart to become an official, Xiao Yi can't resign immediately, for the sake of his children, he has to leave a way back. Just when the hottest season of the year came, Xiao Yi gave the emperor a fold to the capital. If he repairs with Miao Jiang, there is no need to raise so many soldiers, he asked to cut half of his troops, and he is willing to lead the old and weak soldiers who have been laid off and don't want to go home to the reclamation like Liu Guangzhong.

"Since Weichen arrived in ***, settled down the military affairs, he sent people to visit abroad, the south of the 100,000 mountains, there are many small tribes, where some places are high mountains and dense forests, and some places are relatively gentle, the land is fertile, but it is a pity that the local natives are not good at planting, only know how to pick and hunt, the emperor is not as good as moving the people in densely populated areas, and come to farm with the Tunken army, one can spread the teachings of the saints, teach the local people to cultivate crops, and the other can also expand the territory of the Jurong Dynasty......"

Liu Guangzhong was forced to settle for a crime, Xiao Yi took the initiative to ask for help, and was willing to give up the high-ranking officials and contribute to the imperial court, which made Emperor Yongchang very moved, coupled with the secret report of Weiyuan Hou for more than a year, Xiao Yi had a slight flaw, but he was still loyal to the imperial court, especially, Wei Yuanhou deliberately said from Xiao Yi's mouth, and finally when Xiao Yi was drunk, he found out the truth about Xiao Yi and Liu Guangzhong's marriage, Emperor Yongchang only knew that he was troublesome, Xiao Yi misunderstood, and was forced to agree to that family business, he didn't expect Xiao Yi to be so cautious, 's wariness of Xiao Yi was finally let go.

On this day, Emperor Yongchang showed Xiao Yi's recital to several cabinet ministers.

"Your Majesty, this is great, there is an urgent report from Huaizhou, saying that there is too much rain, I am afraid that there will be a disaster again this year, and the imperial court will put a lot of food into it every year for disaster relief, which is really a huge consumption, so it is better to simply migrate all the people to ***."

"Where can you move so many people? It is a great fortune that people can move 20 miles along both sides of the river. ”……

Seeing the emperor looking at him, Shen Mingzhao still half-lowered his eyes, but he still spoke: "Your Majesty, first send someone to take over the position of Xiao Guogong's general army, let him free his hands, and concentrate on arranging migration and reclamation, the matter of migration cannot start in a moment and a half." ”

"Xiao Guo has a general soldier seal, how can he lead the soldiers again?" The veterans of the cantonment are also soldiers.

There was no one saying a word for a while.

Yao Guangyuan thought for a while: "Your Majesty, it's better to take back Xiao Guogong's previous fiefdom in ***, and give him the newly reclaimed land and the people who migrated, in this way, the greater his contribution, the greater his harvest, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?" ”

The corners of Shen Mingzhao's mouth twitched slightly, this Yao Guangyuan, he couldn't think of good things, but he lost one after another, the land that had just been reclaimed had just migrated to the people, such a fief had no benefit at all except trouble, this was not a praise for Xiao Guogong, it was a harm to him.

Emperor Yongchang didn't think so, he felt that Xiao Yi made a big contribution, and his future fief would be large, and he was worthy of this minister.

"Your Majesty, I don't know if Xiao Yi's fiefdom can be inherited? How many generations? "Fortunately, there are more mature advisers who think about Xiao Yi.

"The gentleman's ze, five generations and beheaded, then inherit five generations, each generation will decrease by half." Yao Guangyuan said again.

The remaining ministers did not object, and the matter was settled.

The one who succeeded Xiao Yi was the Marquis of Weiyuan, the holy decree went down, but people didn't have to send it anymore, so things went very fast, Xiao Yi soon went on a twist and turn, and wanted to take away his wife and children, Emperor Yongchang waved his hand: "Allow!" "There are only 20,000 old and weak soldiers in his hands, and he went to the depths of the mountains and forests, even if Xiao Yi is a tiger, he is also a tooth extracted, and Wei Yuanhou is guarding with 50,000 elite soldiers, what else is he worried about?

Although she has an inexplicable fear of a strange place, Mrs. Xiao is still full of expectations for the day when she can reunite with her husband, Xiao Yuchen has been getting along with her stepmother and sister for more than a year, and the relationship is getting closer and closer, and now, he is with his father again, and his expression is also happy.

It was the hottest time when it was really not suitable to set off, so they slowly packed their bags, and at the same time, said goodbye to their relatives and friends in the capital, waiting for the cool days of autumn.

Wen Jin went to the Qian Mansion first, and told the county lord of Yujie and Wei that she was going to ***, the county lord of Yujie was better, Wei cried at that time, for more than a year, she shed tears for Wen Jin, and felt that such a good girl had to suffer such a tribulation. Now that Qian Junren is gone, Wen Jin doesn't even have a marriage ceremony, but he has to guard him for a lifetime, which is also too miserable.

"Second aunt, I want to go back to Shanyang, do you have any entrustment?" Wen Jin didn't feel miserable, but he couldn't change other people's minds, so he had to divert the topic.

"Back to Shanyang?"

"Hmm!"

Wen Han was sad on the side, and he whispered to Wen Jin: "I can dig three feet into the ground in Shanyang, Qian Jun definitely didn't hide there." ”

"Brother, I believe it. I'm not going back to find him, this departure is several years, and I don't know what has become of the family, and now I'm going to *** again, no one can say for sure when I come back, I have already told my wife that he and Yuchen will go to Liangzhong Province to pay tribute to my mother. ”

"Oh, yes, yes, since you know where your mother is buried, you should pay a good respect, ask someone to do a ritual, and let her no longer suffer below." Webster said with tears in his eyes.

Yanran hugged the child and gently supported her mother-in-law's arm: "After so many years, Mrs. Xiao must have given birth to a noble family a long time ago, and Jin'er went to pay tribute, which is a thought." ”

"Oh, oh, yes! Right! Wei nodded again and again, and smiled at Wen Jin abruptly.

"Aunt doesn't care about the ducks and lotus ponds at home?" Wen Jin joked.

A look of nostalgia welled up on Webster's face: "Remember, I had a dream a few days ago, the duckling fell into the water and drowned, and I woke up in a hurry, and my whole body was sweating." ”

"Hee-hee, ducks can still drown."

"But it's not, it's hard to dream." Merriam-Webster laughed.

Lord Yujie continued: "This dream just doesn't make sense, I dreamed that Lixia became a girl in a blink of an eye, and I asked hard in my dream: 'How can anyone be born and change?' The old man said, "It's a lot of things, and I burst into tears." ”

After talking about the dream for a while, Wen Jin asked Chunming to bring up the gifts to the Qian family, all of which are products in her jewelry store, Zhou Danniang's vision is getting better and better, and the materials used are becoming more and more abundant, including leather, silk, gold and silver filigree, bird feathers, etc., and pearls and gemstones, products include foreheads, belts, headdresses, hats, children's clothing, Xia Wei, Yingluo circles, etc., although Wen Jin did not open a store in the capital, but there are two shops in the pomegranate flower are on their goods, Yujie County Lord walked around in the circle of nobles in the capital, and has seen similar jewelry, Now seeing Wen Jin take out so much, he said with some disgust: "You are going to ***, there are many things to spend money in the future, so you don't have to break the bank here." ”

"Niangniang, don't worry, this is all from the store I opened, and the cost is not expensive."

Yanran heard her husband say that Wen Jin used to make a beautiful belt out of snake skin, so she whispered a few words to help, and the county lord of Yujie reluctantly accepted these things, but the return gift to Wen Jin was also very heavy, which made Wen Jin very embarrassed.

"Jin'er, the restaurant you came up with the idea to open has all returned to its capital in the first few months and made a lot of money, you don't have to worry about the life of your family, it's easy to live."

"I'm naturally glad to hear that." Wen Jin grimaced at Lord Yujie, "When I come back next time, the family will be full of gold and silver, and I will come to eat every day." ”

"Hehehehe, your heart is too small, just know how to eat-" Lord Yujie's words made everyone laugh.

On the way home, Wen Jin thought of Zhou Danniang again, she didn't expect that such an inconspicuous shop in the past would make a profit of more than 5,000 taels of silver last year.

Zhou Danniang's salary for a year has also risen to 1,000 taels, plus dividends, annual expenses, etc., Pomegranate wrote to Wen Jin, and specially mentioned her, saying that the Zhou family has re-accepted their husband and wife, these two people are hard, and they did not go back to the Zhou family's big yard, but spent their own money to buy a house outside, which is very spacious and atmospheric, and the style is extraordinary.

But Pomegranate didn't say why Zhou Danniang and his wife were so rich, just by giving Wen Jin the salary of being a shopkeeper, it should be far from enough to buy such a magnificent courtyard, Wen Jin also wanted to take advantage of this time to go home and take a look, she was very curious about how Zhou Danniang and his wife made a fortune.

Anyway, the news that the family is leaving still reaches Xiao Qiyun's ears, Xiao Juanyun is dead, and she has now become the most hated person in the Liu family, Xiao Yi gave up the right to send troops, and there is no threat to Liu Guangzhong, don't say that this wife's position can't be kept, and her life will be lost at any time, seeing Liu Yongqi to Xiao Juanyun, Xiao Qiyun's last bit of fantasy has completely dissipated - the man she married is a demon who regards human life as a mustard, and the Liu family has a special status, and the emperor only executed the head of the Liu family. easily let Liu Yongqi go. Thinking that his future fate would definitely not be much better than that of his second sister, Xiao Qiyun was very sad.

Wen Jin and Mrs. Xiao didn't expect Xiao Qiyun to quietly send someone to send them gifts, just some medicinal materials to prevent heatstroke and mosquitoes, and a few pieces of clothing. Both of them saw her unsatisfactory in the Liu Mansion and the remorse in their hearts, but now, even if Wen Jin and Mrs. Xiao wanted to help her, they had no chance.

But before Mrs. Xiao was leaving, she left some silver for the people of the Zhao family, asking them to take Xiao Ayayun back and raise her well, hoping that she would be able to support herself in the future, find a suitable family to marry, and not follow Xiao Juanyun's old path.

The mansion in the capital was left to Xiao San and his wife to guard, and Wen Jin, Mrs. Xiao, and Xiao Yuchen set off in a carriage when autumn came.

Zheng Zaixin specially saw him off at the canal wharf two hundred miles away, and he had to stay in the capital, guarding the people and things left by Qian Jun, with a glimmer of hope, waiting for his master to suddenly fall from the sky.

"Miss Xiao, you have arrived at ***, you want to write to me, if the prince suddenly comes back, I can also inform you in time." As he spoke, Zheng Zaixin's tears couldn't hold back anymore and flowed down his cheeks.

The man doesn't flick when he has tears, but he hasn't reached the sad place.

"No matter how new, you have to be good, I heard that your mother also raised a child daughter-in-law for you, if you don't like that woman, let the person go, let her marry, you also find a woman you like, when the son comes back, he will definitely not want to see your boss is not small, and he is alone."

"Woo, how can I have that mind-"

"Life has to pass, if you live well, the son of the world will be happy, how good he is to you, he will definitely not see you live a miserable life......"

"I see." Zheng Zaixin lowered his head and wiped away his tears.

In the afternoon of early autumn, it was still unbearably hot, and Mrs. Xiao set off early for Wen Jin and Xiao Yuchen, and their group turned around to Liangzhong Province and came to Shanyang County.

At the entrance of the village in Imjin Town, Qian Chuanchuan's family still lives there, when Wen Jin's carriage passed by, she also saw her unkempt, sloppy and ran out to see the excitement, when Qian Xiancong came back, Qian Chuanchuan also wiped his tears and ran over to fight the autumn wind, and got twenty taels of silver, which was enough for her to eat and drink for a few years. Looking at the gate behind the money string, there was a young woman's figure flashing, it was estimated that it was her daughter-in-law, Wen Jin didn't want to cause trouble, she was stained by such a person, she couldn't get rid of it, she didn't even stop the carriage, she leaned on the window and watched all the way, and just like that.

After Imjin Town, I soon saw Shanwo Village, the rice at the west end of the village was about to ripen, and the heavy ears of rice were drooping down and swaying in the wind.

"Madame, do you see that? That piece of green, is the lotus pond, at this time there is a lotus pod, when I get home, I will cook you fresh lotus seed soup, it is much better than soaking. ”

Realizing that he had said the wrong thing, Wen Jin smiled embarrassedly: "I have lived here for several years, and the life of the Qian family has only begun to improve since this time. ”

Mrs. Xiao patted Wen Jin's hand understandingly: "I also want to come and see your past home." ”

The carriage stopped at the door of the pharmacy at the entrance of the village, Mingshan was directing people to dry the medicinal herbs, Wen Jin had the urge to jump down to say hello, and it was easy to suppress the excitement in his heart. "Who is this?" Mrs. Xiao asked. "Neighbors, their brothers helped us a lot at that time, especially his eldest brother. Their family is a very measured person, Nuo, is the kind of person who does not want to repay his kindness, but the grace of a drop of water should be reciprocated. ”

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