Seven days later, it rained, and the roads were muddy and difficult to walk, but the streets were still bustling.

A house in the north of the city

Five rooms, a relatively narrow courtyard, the main house and the west room were opened up and turned into bedrooms, and the east side was the hall, separated by a door, and a mourning hall was furnished.

Cai Pingdu has been buried, but according to the rules of this world, the mourning hall will continue to be placed for 3721 days, and relatives and friends can worship.

The original servants of the Cai family were basically scattered, and only two remained, among which the older servants were guarding the mourning hall, and the younger servants were helping to chop wood.

"Sadistic, in a blink of an eye, it's come to this point!" the old servant thought with emotion, and at this moment, he suddenly saw a person carrying a burden and swaying over.

On the burden was a standard sacrificial five-colored food box, and the burden was unloaded at the door, followed by a young man.

The old servant knew each other, and hurriedly greeted him: "It turned out to be the prince of the king, did he come to worship the master?"

This old servant didn't know about Wang Cunye's transaction with the young lady, his impression was that he was very popular with the old man, and he was a petty official who had come a few times!

The old servant hurriedly stepped out and helped put the five-color food box in front, Wang Cunye picked up a bottle of wine, sprinkled a bowl and put it on it, and put incense, but did not bow down, just bowed.

The old servant was a little unhappy, but he didn't care, people are not relatives, it would be good to come.

After Wang Cunye finished the incense, he stood in front of the stage and looked at it silently, seeing that at this time, his residence could only be regarded as a middle-class family among the people, and it was already a bit depressed and dilapidated.

Human feelings render the environment.

"Childe, you are here, I will inform the lady and the young lady!" said the old servant.

Now that the Cai Mansion can't afford to offend anyone, this prince comes to worship, so he has to ask his wife to invite him in and sit for a while, so as not to offend people in a small place.

Wang Cunye waved his hand and said, "Don't, don't go in...... The house was moved?"

"Yes, the government is urging me tightly, Mrs. sold all some of her belongings, gave enough severance pay, and didn't treat our subordinates badly, I'm old, so I won't leave. The old servant replied with emotion.

Wang Cunye listened silently, sighed, took out a stack of silver tickets from his arms, put them on the table, and said: "Your lord and I have an old relationship, and I owe your young lady a favor. ”

"You said to your young lady, the matter has not been completed, and you owe it very much, and this thousand taels of chat expresses your heart, if you can accept it, please exempt this cause and effect. ”

As he spoke, he turned around and left.

"Hey, Childe!" the old servant hurriedly shouted, but saw that this person went out in a few steps, he was old, his legs were hard, and he couldn't catch up, and when he chased to the door, he saw that there was no one in sight.

Back to the offering platform, a look, suddenly gasped, originally saw a stack out, the old servant thought it was ten taels, this is a lot of money, I don't want to look at it at this time, but it is one hundred and two, all of them are redeemed by the ticket, and they were stunned.

Master Cai has been an official for thirteen years, but he has no backstage, and everything he does is not fat, plus this person is a bit of a high-tempered person, and he doesn't get much silver, plus dots, entertainment, scenes, and his savings over the years are only seven thousand taels of silver.

This thousand taels of silver tickets is really a lot.

The old servant grabbed it, and he was sweating, but he hurriedly went in, but saw Mrs. and Miss sitting in the wing, Mrs. made an abacus, frowned, and sighed: "These are said to have received some gifts, worth twenty-seven taels and four cents, which is not without a small supplement, there are only seventeen acres of land in the countryside, when the old man was alive, he wanted to buy the forty-five acres of land in Zhangjia Village, I think it was more than a dozen taels of silver, and it was not negotiated, and now I think that I feel uncomfortable, if the negotiation is completed, there will be sixty-two acres of land, and you and I will not worry about coarse tea and light rice." ”

When the old servant heard this, his heart sank, but when he stepped forward, the lady saw the old servant come forward and asked, "What is the matter?"

"Madame, Mademoiselle, look!"

As he spoke, he handed over the silver tickets, and the lady was shocked when she saw this stack of silver tickets, so she took a look at it, and said: "This is the silver ticket of the old Ji Qian Zhuang in this county, so much, one thousand taels, who gave it?"

The old servant bowed down and replied: "Madam, when the lord was here, the prince who had come a few times before, had not come for a while, I didn't want to come, I didn't want to come today, after worshipping the master, leave this stack of silver tickets!"

"One thousand taels, that's too much, no, I'm going to take a look, what about people?"

"Madam, after the worship of the son, he said that he had an old relationship with the master, and owed the young lady a favor, and he left after speaking. ”

"Xin'er ......" Mrs. Cai turned her eyes and looked at her daughter suspiciously, although the lord had a few contacts with this son in the world, she knew very well that it was a general friendship, not intimate, so the reason was in her daughter, what kind of favor did she owe, and she had to pay a thousand taels?

Cai Xin was wearing a light plain skirt, and when she heard this, she couldn't help but turn pale.

After a glance, the lady knew that her daughter was finished, so she asked, "Xin'er, do you know this?"

Cai Xin was stunned and unspeakable, and her wife said with a dignified face: "This son and my family are not familiar with each other, send dozens of two hundred taels, I also gritted my teeth and received it, this thousand taels, I can't receive it, you can talk about it, there is no reason for me to go back." ”

Cai Xin was in a complicated mood, this person promised to save her father, but she asked for this bronze seal, she gritted her teeth and agreed, but it made her desperate, saying that in fact, if the thing fails, it will be said or the next time, this person will come, and she will have to scold.

It's just that after more than a dozen days, she has gradually calmed down, and now she is willing to come to worship, which is considered benevolent and righteous, at least not like some people, seeing that once the Cai family loses power, it will immediately disappear.

It's just that this man is ruthless and refuses to even meet him!

"Mother, this is the case!" Cai Xin pondered for a moment, saw her mother staring at her, sighed in her heart, and told the things one by one.

"I see!" Mrs. Cai was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and said, "You show me this seal." ”

Cai Xin took it down and showed it to Mrs. Cai, who looked left and right, but couldn't see anything, returned it, and sighed: "No matter what, he is a sincere person." ”

"No matter what it is, even if it is a treasure of ten thousand gold, he promised to save your father, and it is worth the price, I also heard about the situation at that time, and the strategy was carefully arranged, and he could kill hundreds of thieves without leaving one, and not one of them, and the thief who was holding your father at that time was also pierced through the heart by him with an arrow, and he did his best. ”

"It's a pity that your father's life is not good enough to survive this catastrophe. Speaking of this, Mrs. Cai's eyes were red, and she burst into tears: "Actually, last year's fortune teller said that there was such a catastrophe, but unfortunately your father didn't take it to heart!"

Hearing this, Cai Xin couldn't help crying.

"He may have had a personal relationship with my family. Besides, he doesn't cheat, he doesn't rob, he really wants this bronze seal, and now my family is in this situation, not to mention a thousand taels, even five hundred taels, and we will all sell it. ”

"Now not only did he not take advantage of this to buy, but he gave a thousand taels of silver, and he was already an honest man. ”

"I know you have some thoughts, but when the lord talked to him in the past, he knew that he already had a wife, and the past was in the past, and I was not hypocritical, this silver was of great use to our family, so I accepted it, and tomorrow you will send the bronze seal, and we can't take it for nothing." ”

Cai Xin listened, first blushed, then turned white, silent, thinking about it carefully, now is not as good as before, a thousand taels of silver is a charcoal in the snow, with it, many things will be easy to do, and immediately said: "Yes, my daughter will go over tomorrow." ”

At this time, Wang Cunye had already arrived at the dock, and he didn't even leave the rented house, and at this time he had given up the idea of the bronze seal, which was strange to say, once he gave up, his heart was relaxed for a while, and he removed a big stone.

At this time, it was close to June, the sun was shining, the cicadas were singing, and the trees were quiet, Wang Cunye walked along the street, looking slowly, but in a blink of an eye, he arrived at the wharf.

It's not Yanjing yet, and it doesn't matter if it's a little spell.

Seeing in front, the boats on the big river are cruising like a carp, the river is endless, this is the communication of Yanjing, since it is extraordinary, there are hundreds of boats parked on the wharf, there are cargo ships, merchant ships, fishing boats.

Wang Cunye swept his eyes and saw the passenger boat, which was a wooden double-decker ship, with a wide cabin, maids, and cooks, and it was the most comfortable to live in, but the speed was slow, and the consumption was more, but Wang Cunye didn't care.

Walking to one of the passenger boats, there was a semicircular arcade on the deck, and when I looked up, I saw a person sitting on it, wearing a snow-white robe, holding a fan in one hand and looking at the account book with the other.

"Do you want to get on the boat?" the middle-aged man asked.

"May I ask if you want to go to Yanjing?"

"Go, this ship is from this county to Yanjing. The middle-aged man said kindly, and immediately beckoned Wang Cunye to come up, and went to the second floor to sit down at the table by the window.

One of the maids inside immediately came up to make tea, and the wind blew gently, and the fragrance of tea soon overflowed the whole room.

Wang Cunye blew on the hot tea, tasted it, put it down, and said, "How do you calculate the boat fare?"

The middle-aged man said: "There is no service in the cabin, five taels of silver." ”

Seeing that Wang Cunye's expression was not moving, he smiled: "You can watch the singing art for free in the middle cabin, ten taels of silver." ”

"Let's say the most expensive, how many days will you get to Yanjing?"

The middle-aged man smiled happily: "Hehe, fifteen taels in the upper cabin, twenty-five taels in the top cabin, you can have a little girl come to serve, the food is already inside, and you will arrive in Yanjing in three days." ”

Wang Cunye didn't raise his head, and said: "Top cabin, I'll give you thirty taels of silver, what good dishes do you have to deliver, by the way, I like to be quiet, don't want those extras." ”

As he spoke, he took out a fifty-tael silver ticket: "When will you leave?"

"Early tomorrow morning. The middle-aged man said diligently, took the silver ticket, found two ingots, and personally invited him into the top cabin.

This cabin is worthy of being the top room in the passenger boat, although it is not big, but it is very elegantly arranged, there is a window ventilation and sunlight, and there is a small bookshelf, which has dozens of books, almost the same as a land hotel, Wang Cunye is very satisfied.

The middle-aged man stepped back with interest, and Wang Cunye picked up a copy casually, but it was those commentary novels and flipped through them at will.

The sky is wide, the white clouds are ethereal, in a Taoist temple in the county, Shang Yanzi frowned, silently calculated for a moment, but sighed: "Let this son escape again......"

(To be continued)