Chapter 154: Borkin's exhaustion
Meanwhile.
West of Guangling City, Huliu Hutong.
Looking at the decent door in front of him, Han Changsheng asked suspiciously:
"Is this Borgin's mansion?"
It doesn't look big, but it matches his official position.
Ling Or also looked up at the plaque on the door, and subconsciously frowned slightly.
Strangely, the plaque on the door was empty, not a word was spoken.
"Since he is the captain of Dongcheng, why does he live in Xicheng? Isn't this inconvenient to go up and down every day? ”
Xie Zhao held Feng Ruonan's hand with one hand.
She pressed her neckline with one hand, coughed lowly twice, raised her eyes and said warmly:
"Knock on the door and ask, won't you know?"
They had only just inquired about Borkin's address from the guards at the city gates.
When the guards saw that they were coming with the carriage of the Ubunbu, they only assumed that they were nobles of the Ubunbu.
Therefore, he knows everything about them, and he is extremely flattering.
Although the three of them also wondered why Borkin, the captain of the eastern city of Guangling City, actually lived in the very remote Huliu Hutong in the west city, they still came here according to the guidance of the guards at the city gate.
They had inquired in advance from the guards at the city gate, and Borgin was resting in turn today, and he thought he was at home.
Sure enough, Han Changsheng stepped forward and stood in front of the door and knocked three times.
Within a few moments, the door opened from within.
It was an old servant who opened the door.
He squinted at a few people for a while, and asked suspiciously, "Doll, who are you?"
Ling or a fist salute.
"Uncle, may I ask if this is Lord Borgin's house?"
The old servant replied:
"Exactly, little doll, are you here to find my lords?"
"Yes, I'm here to visit Lord Borkin, and I'm tired of the old man."
The old servant smiled kindly.
"Hey, how can we have so many rules in our small family, you are the juniors of the family of adults and colleagues, right?
Come in, my lord happens to be resting at home today. ”
He opened the gate to let a few people in, and shouted into the courtyard in a loud voice:
"-My lord! There are a few dolls looking for you. ”
In the courtyard, a big man with a naked upper body holding a stone pier put down the heavy object in his hand when he heard the words.
He turned, and looked at the young men and women who had just come in with the old servant.
"Doll?"
His chin is full of beards, and his appearance is the profound facial features of a typical Handan Yongren.
The eyebrows were deep, and they looked at the four of them with a fierce look.
"Who are you, little friend? What are you looking for me? ”
He was really rugged and tall.
So much so that Feng Ruonan subconsciously trembled slightly the moment she saw him.
The amplitude of her movements was not large, but Xie Zhao, who was holding her hand, felt it at the first time.
Xie Zhao gently shook her little hand back, looked down at the little girl who was hiding behind her with half of her body, and comforted her in a low voice:
"It's okay, don't be afraid, he's your uncle, Lord Borkin."
"Uncle Shi?"
Borjin is also a person who practices martial arts, and now the realm of martial arts has entered the realm of Guanyu Heaven.
Although he is not a famous master in the rivers and lakes, he is already in the forefront of the army, so he naturally heard Xie Zhao's words clearly.
He looked at the youngest of the four suspiciously, and asked:
"This kid is."
Xie Zhao let go of Feng Ruonan's hand, and instead gently put his hand on Feng Ruonan's shoulder, and then nudged her shoulder with a little encouragement.
Perhaps it was because Xie Zhao, Ling He, and Han Changsheng were the ones who rescued her from the slave masters of the Northern Dynasty and were willing to send her home, so Feng Ruonan subconsciously trusted them very much.
At this time, seeing that the three of them were looking at her encouragingly, Feng Ruonan finally mustered up her courage, stepped forward and replied in a whisper:
"Uncle Shi, I am the youngest daughter of Feng Nuo, the envoy of Tianchen Qianzhou, I don't know you. Do you remember me? ”
Xie Zhao squinted slightly.
It turns out that this little girl is actually the daughter of the envoy of Qianzhou in Tianchen of the Southern Dynasty?
Her heart froze.
After being the official eunuch of the Southern Dynasty, why did he have no relatives at home and live in Handyong in the Northern Dynasty?
In the past two years, I have never heard of any major cases in the officialdom of Qianzhou that are enough to cause disaster to the three clans.
Xie Zhao didn't have any special expression on his face.
She just glanced at the top of Feng Ruonan's hair very lightly, then lowered her head and shook it gently.
That's it.
For example, today's Chen officialdom has nothing to do with her "Xie Zhao".
To this day, she is just a pawn of a peddler.
There is no position, and there is no need to explore these.
Her identity is not yet tolerated, and this time she can send this child safely to her father's old friend's house, which is already a blessing.
Borkin paused slightly, he fixed his eyes on her for a moment, and blurted out:
"You can't be. Ruonan? ”
Feng Ruonan was immediately surprised and delighted when he saw that Borjin could really call her name, so he didn't care about being afraid of him.
"Yes, my niece is Feng Ruonan, Uncle Shi, you, have you heard my name?"
Borkin laughed heartily.
He stepped forward and put his hand on the little girl's shoulder kindly, smiling and looking at her seriously.
"How can you not know? Your father and I have been in correspondence for many years, and I don't know how much of your daughter is mentioned in the letter.
Brother Feng often said that among the several pairs of children in his family, Ruo Ruo Nan is the youngest daughter, and she is the most like your maternal grandfather. ”
Speaking of this, he was a little puzzled:
"By the way, Ruonan, why did you come to Guangling alone as a weak girl? Your father is actually relieved?
I haven't heard from Brother Feng for more than a year, and I haven't heard back from the letters I sent before.
I am still guessing that it was your father who was transferred and promoted in a hurry, and he was no longer in Qianzhou, which caused the loss of the letterhead. He is good now, where is he an official? ”
When Feng Ruonan heard this, he couldn't hold back any longer.
The girl's tears burst through her eyes, and a "swish" sounded down.
"Uncle Shi! My father, mother, brother and sister are all gone! ”
"What?"
Borkin's face suddenly changed, and he took a step back in shock.
"How so? What's going on? Tell Uncle Shi quickly! ”
Feng Ruonan choked up so much that she could barely speak, she sobbed and said:
"This matter has to start from the third year of Jing'an"
"At the beginning of the third year of Jing'an, my grandfather, who was the dean of Chongyang Academy, fell ill.
He sent a letter saying that he had missed my mother very much lately, but it happened that my grandmother was also getting old and sick in bed. ”
"My mother is the wife of the Feng family, and she has to take care of the sick Gao Tang and preside over the ancestor worship in the first month of the family, and I really can't leave in the first month.
Therefore, I could only go to Hengyang Chongyang Academy for her to serve my grandfather first. ”
Feng Ruonan said sadly: "Ruonan thought it was just a short separation from home, and after the first month, my mother would come to Hengyang's grandfather's house to visit my grandfather and take me back by the way, who expected."