In the early spring afternoon, the Du Mansion regained its tranquility.

Du Youlin was reading in the study, and Xue Bai was in the courtyard to keep fit.

As there was a knock on the door, Steward Quan Rui led many people to the second courtyard.

Xue Bai put down the stone in his hand, stood up, and saw an old man stumbling and swooping down under the porch, recognizing that this was the steward of the Xue Ling family, Xue Gengbo.

Liu Xiangjun and his six children followed behind, as if they had just cried.

"Rokuro."

"Something's wrong?"

Xue Gengbo heard this calm question, hesitated for a moment, and responded: "Yes, Ah Lang was detained, and the ancestral house was also robbed." ”

Xue Bai asked, "Why didn't you go to General Jin Wuwei Xue and come to me instead?" ”

Xue Gengbo said with a bitter face: "Dazong said a long time ago that he will never care about Ah Lang's things anymore. ”

"Am I in charge?"

"This ......"

Liu Xiangjun stepped forward, glanced at Xue Bai with concern, his face was full of shame, and said in a low voice: "Lang Jun went to gamble again, not only lost all his money, but also owed a lot of debts, and the creditor came to occupy the mansion...... I didn't use it, and the fifty yuan was robbed. ”

Fifty thousand copper coins were in a box, and the woman couldn't actually protect them.

"They said......" Liu Xiangjun hesitated: "They said that Liulang, your Fengwei Lou is making money every day, and let you use the money to pay off your debts, otherwise it will be unfilial." also said that you will be asked to go to Qingmen Kangjia Restaurant to redeem people. ”

Later, she felt that this mother deserved to be ashamed, and wiped her tears with her backhand.

But all the favors that can be used have been exhausted in the past few years, whether it is the Liu family of the mother's family, or the Xue family of Hedong, the couple has been disgusted by their relatives. Except for this lost son, who is indeed desperate.

Xue Bai asked, "Did they talk to you on purpose?" ”

"Yes."

"Don't worry, have you eaten?"

Liu Xiangjun was stunned for a moment, and before he could answer, someone had already answered: "Not yet." ”

Xue Bai smiled: "Let's talk while eating over there." ”

Qinglan quickly brought lunch.

Xue Bai learned about the six children of the Xue family, three boys and three girls.

The boys are Shichiro, Hachiro, and Eleven; The girls are Sanniang, Qiniang, and Jiuniang.

The missing ones in the ranking should be those who died young, among them, only Qilang and Qiniang were born to Liu Xiangjun, and the others were born to different concubines, and the concubines have been sold.

Xue Ling also has five older sons, Erlang died young, Dalang, Sanlang, and Shiro joined the army early, and Goro went out.

"The eldest brother wrote a letter back, and when he made a meritorious service, he came to pick us up and A-Niang to Fanyang. Is it okay to pay back the sixth brother's money then? A-Niang has no place to live, as long as the sixth brother can get the house back......"

Xue Qilang's name is Xue Xian, he is twelve years old this year, he looks thin and small, but he is very bold, he is not afraid of people, he dares to speak, and he dares to ask Xue Bai for money.

A boy of this age is a little naughty and lawless, but Xue Xin is different, he is bold but not naughty.

Xue Bai asked, "As long as the mansion, what about your grandfather?" ”

Xue Xian pursed his lips, glanced at Liu Xiangjun, and did not speak.

But this kid had a kind of stubbornness in his eyes, and he took a bite of the cake.

Xue Bai then asked Quan Rui: "Quan Steward, there is some trouble at home, I want to ask Uncle Du if they can borrow ......."

"You don't have to ask Ah Lang, this makes people clean up all the guest rooms in the front yard."

Liu Xiangjun was accustomed to seeing the cold eyes of his relatives, and he was very uneasy about this, and said: "One room with my children is enough." ”

Xue Gengbo hurriedly said: "The villain can sleep in the firewood room and ......"

~~

Evening.

There is a quiet teahouse in the alley behind Qingmen Kangjia Restaurant.

Shi Zhong hurriedly climbed the attic and said in a low voice: "Lady, Xue Ling has said everything. ”

Da Xi Yingying was still sencha, and the position opposite was empty, but a clean small teacup was placed.

"He said that it was Sun Cheng, a small official of the West City Bureau, who paid him to recognize his relatives, and the villain went to check, Sun Cheng has a clan sister who is from the palace and gave birth to a second son for the prince."

"What's the use of looking all this? The sage Yukou set a good story about the recognition of father and son, do you say that the sage is wrong? Da Xi Yingying said: "Is Xue Bai here?" ”

"Nope." Shi Zhong said: "Our people are staring at Du Zhai, Xue Bai has never come out at all. ”

"Wait. The grandfather that the saint pointed out to him, he couldn't help it. ”

On the small stove, the tea was already boiling, and the tea foam was floating.

Da Xi Yingying frowned slightly, thinking to herself, Xue Bai shouldn't be unable to see it, she just wanted to sell him a favor first.

As long as she comes, she can return the people and the house to him, and slowly approach in the future.

But why not?

~~

It was getting dark, and it was the last night without curfew in Tianbao's six years.

~~

The Du family sisters walked into Xue Bai's house and stood in front of his bookcase to see the results of his reading and practicing calligraphy today.

But I saw a poem written on a script.

"Flowers are not flowers, fog is not fog. In the middle of the night, the morning goes. When you don't have a lot of spring dreams, you can't find anywhere to go to the clouds. ”

The poem was so beautiful that both of them were stunned for a moment.

Xue Bai came back from washing, saw them turn around, and carefully looked at their expressions.

Seeing Du Ming's unnatural expression, he realized. But looking at Du Yan again, her expression was also wrong, and he was even more confused.

"Listen to Quan Rui, something happened to Xue Ling?"

"Hmm."

"You're not going to ransom him?" Du Yan asked, "If you need money, you can pay some in the account first." ”

Xue Bai shook his head and said, "This kind of person is a bottomless pit, and it is useless to redeem it." ”

Du Cheng said: "You are about to enter the national prison, and it is not good to be accused of unfilial piety." ”

"If he dies, you have to keep filial piety for him for three years before you can become an official."

Xue Bai also understood this, and said in a deep voice: "It's normal for the creditor to know about Fengweilou, but it may also be coming at us." ”

"What do you mean?"

"There's no hurry." Xue Bai said: "Let's observe for two days and then see." ”

The sisters of the Du family nodded one after another, and there was a faint subtle atmosphere between the three of them.

"It's okay to observe and observe, so you won't be in a hurry to move over these days?"

"Well, the house is gone......"

~~

The next day was the seventeenth day of the first month.

The three-day break of the Shangyuan Festival has passed, and Chang'an has begun to return to its former busyness.

Early in the morning, Du Wulang and Xue Bai greeted each other under the corridor.

"I'm so sleepy, your window pivot hasn't been repaired yet? It rang again last night. ”

"There was some trouble in the Xue family yesterday, so I forgot."

"What's the trouble?"

Xue Bai probably said about Xue Ling, and Du Wulang was very distressed when he heard it.

"Ah, it's very troublesome to have such a grandfather, right? A while ago, Grandpa set up a family motto. ”

"The Xue family also has such an ancestral teaching, those who dare to gamble will be expelled from the house forever, regardless of their parents and children, they will be cut off from it."

Although Xue Bai had just been inspired to draw up this ancestral teaching, his tone was very plain.

Du Wulang nodded again and again when he heard this, and said: "It is worthy of being the white-robed general of the Three Arrows Dingtian Mountain, and his family style is solemn. I actually haven't reacted yet, it turns out that you are the great-grandson of General Xue. Shall I accompany you on this? ”

"Fengwei Lou is not busy?"

"Of course it's busy, how not to be busy, the banquet is scheduled for next year's Shangyuan Festival."

In Xue Bai's eyes, Fengweilou was much more important than Xue Ling.

He thought that if there was a restaurant in every square in Chang'an, hiring people, and having guards and carriages that could be mobilized at any time, it would be much easier to deal with those secret methods.

Therefore, when the two walked from the main courtyard to the front yard, they talked about the restaurant along the way.

Since January, because of the staring of the slaves, Xue Bai has rarely talked to others, but what he often talks about with Du Wulang is the operation of the restaurant. Whenever that happens, Kyauknu will be half-awake next to him.

“……”

"Branch? I've thought about it, but in this way, our stir-fry skills will be easily leaked out, or we might as well make a lot of money for a while, right? ”

"Do you make a lot of money?"

"A lot?" Du Wulang said: "You will only use such a superficial word to describe the income?" ”

"Rising to the top?"

"Alas, in fact, the account book is managed by the eldest sister, and I don't know the specifics."

"It doesn't matter, controlling the dishes is the foundation of a restaurant." Xue Bai said casually.

Du Wulang thought so, and the more motivated he became.

While talking, the two went to the stable.

Du Wulang saw Xue Bai leading the horse and asked, "Hey, didn't you say you won't save your grandfather?" Come with me to Fengwei Building. ”

"The Shangyuan Festival has passed, and I just remembered that I didn't go to visit General Xue, I have to go."

"How can anyone go to the meeting at this time? Your uncle should be sitting in Jinwuwei at this time......"

~~

Jinwu Health Administration.

In the morning, a roar suddenly sounded.

"Merit and punishment? What have I done again? Checkmate! This conspiracy case was the first one I discovered, and I took someone to search Yang Shenjin's house last time......"

"What's the hurry? When the Yang brothers are convicted, can they not promote you? ”

"It's strange, why did Yang Zhao move to serve the imperial history now? I watched him just take a sack to fill his belongings, but it became him to find evidence and find that Yang Shenjin was short of Taifu? I'm going to fuck it! ”

"Guo Qianli! Don't be too presumptuous! ”

"Am I presumptuous? The court did it, but I was presumptuous? Regardless of my merits, yes, you have expressed Yang Zhao's great merits, but Lao Tzu does not agree! ”

"Bang!"

"Get out! Is it useful for you and me to discuss this matter? Now that you have taken refuge in your brother, go and ask your master! ”

Guo Qianli was furious, and shouted "hey, yah, yay" in his mouth, and finally kicked out of the door in anger.

"I'm angry, I'm angry!"

"General Guo?"

"Xue Langjun? What are you doing here? Do you know that Yang Zhao moved to serve the imperial history, and also accounted for the great contribution to the discovery of Yang Shen's conspiracy against the case......"

"General Guo, don't worry."

"How can I not be in a hurry?! I have made great achievements in Wuwei, and when I returned to Chang'an these years, I have been waiting for the middle of the seventh grade from the fourth rank of Zuojin Wuwei Zhonglang, how can I not be in a hurry? I'm in a hurry! ”

"The ups and downs of the sea are common sense, General Guo has reached the lowest point, and he will be able to rise step by step in the future......"

Xue Bai comforted him for a long time before Guo Qianli calmed down.

"Xue Langjun, what you just said, meritorious service and meritorious service, although I didn't understand it, I think it makes sense. Over the years, I have been degraded all the way, and even Li Taibai has been unjust for me, and the difference is in this retribution. ”

"Yes, as long as this little gap is filled, General Guo will definitely become a generation of famous generals."

"You also reminded me that night in front of the Emperor." Guo Qianli scratched his head and said, "Xue Langjun, I have an idea, why don't you be a guest for me?" ”

"I'm going to be a guest for you?"

Xue Bai was slightly stunned and smiled dumbly.

He wasn't angry, but he probably understood why Guo Qianli could be mixed up like this.

"Don't smile, Xue Langjun, I will definitely not lose your monthly salary, and in the future, you will help me with advice, and I will also deserve General Jinwu."

"It's not a lot of money, I still have to enter the country to study......"

"You can study while giving me advice, and I'll introduce you to Li Taibai and increase your fame, how about it?"

"That's it, if General Guo encounters something difficult to decide in the future, he can come and ask me at any time, but the curtain guest will be exempted, which is really inconvenient."

“……”

After chatting with Guo Qianli, Xue Bai was led by Jin Wuwei and entered the yatang, only to see Xue Hui sitting with a golden sword.

"General Xue is polite."

"Call Uncle." Xue Hui waved back left and right, "You don't come to visit at home on the Shangyuan Festival, what are you doing in the Jinwuwei Yamen?" ”

"I came to ask the uncle for help, yesterday, the house of Changshoufang was occupied, saying that the family owed gambling debts......"

"I said I wouldn't care about Xue Ling's anymore."

Xue Hui snorted, put on that majestic face, and finally didn't hold back, and said with a smile: "But you came to me, this matter is right." You are a child, who else can you find when you encounter this kind of thing besides my uncle? ”

"Yes."

"Remind you, you acted too crazy in the past, even more crazy than our Jin Wuwei, be honest in the future!"

“……”

Out of the imperial city, Xue Bai still didn't go to Qingmen Restaurant to save Xue Ling.

He drove his horse away and went to Chang'an County.

~~

In the afternoon, Longevity Square.

Xue Ling's house is in the northwest corner of Changshoufang, and the Chang'an County Ya is in the southwest corner.

Xue Bai had been here once, and he was not unfamiliar with this area.

When he arrived, it was lunch time, so he found the most lively stall nearby and asked for a bowl of mutton noodle soup, but the taste was really good, fragrant but not fat, and the meat was soft and glutinous.

Halfway through the meal, I saw Yan Zhenqing wearing a dark blue official robe and walking over with two officials holding official documents.

Yan Zhenqing also saw him, and waved his hand to signal him not to get up in a hurry.

"Lao Chong, old Chong's sister-in-law, three bowls of mutton soup, six cakes."

The vendors are a couple, Lao Chong is an old man, who is busy by the big casserole, and Lao Chong's sister-in-law is a chubby woman, walking around the table and chair with a bowl, but she is as light as a swallow.

"Okay, County Lieutenant Yan will sit first!" The old sister-in-law and the county officials are very familiar with each other, "I know that the county lieutenant will come back from a business trip and scoop up more mutton soup." ”

Yan Zhenqing stroked his beard and smiled, nodding in thanks.

A small official said in a low voice: "County lieutenant, the county order only asks us to collect it, if we explain it for them in turn, it will be overdue, this is not a matter of one or two days." ”

"Then can they conjure up money valley in a day or two?" Yan Zhenqing waved his hand and said, "Don't worry." ”

"When the new Jingyin is in the office, how can he still allow the county lieutenant to visit slowly and collect the money like this......"

Xue Bai sat on the side and watched this scene, and suddenly remembered a lot.

Speaking of which, after seven years at the grassroots level in his previous life, he was seconded to the county and worked beside the fourth-in-command in charge of politics and law, almost like a small official next to the county lieutenant.

Thinking about it like this, looking at Yan Zhenqing again, his gaze was already a little kind.

"Xiao Langzi."

The dark cyan sleeves waved in front of him, Xue Bai came back to his senses and hurriedly saluted.

"You're here to get a copybook? Come with the old man. ”

"I've seen Yan Shaofu." Xue Bai said, "I'm here to report the case today." ”

"Okay, can you get a paper?"

"Yes."

Xue Bai immediately took out the paper from his arms and said, "Someone kidnapped Xue Ling and forcibly occupied the Xue family's mansion and the property in the mansion without a deed. ”

Yan Zhenqing took it and took a look.

The handwriting, which can barely be considered neat in the eyes of others, seems hopelessly ugly to him, but the idea of writing is very clear.

He had heard about what happened in Changshoufang yesterday, Xue Ling owed a huge amount of gambling debts, and when he arrived at the house, his family was kicked out.

But no one thought to report the crime.

Because no one thought that Datang actually banned gambling.

"You are the 'random patchwork' Xue Bai? The old man remembered that he had seen you in Dali Temple. ”

"Student Xue Bai, let Yan Shaofu smile."

Yan Zhenqing had already heard about the incident at the imperial banquet on the Shangyuan Festival, and knew that Xue Bai had attached himself to Mrs. Qiuguo's affair with the powerful, and he also heard that Yang Shenjin's son was also involved in it.

But I didn't expect that when I saw him, there was no flattery in his eyes, only firmness.

This young man...... Only recognize the ultimate goal, and do not ask the muddy road.

"You have gone through all the things, and today you can still think of reporting according to the law, instead of taking advantage of the situation." Yan Zhenqing sighed, "It's not bad." ”

"As long as it can be done in accordance with the law, students must follow the law."

Yan Zhenqing asked, "What if it can't be dealt with by law?" ”

"It depends on the situation, whether I am wrong or the law of the world is wrong. If I'm wrong, I'm just following the law. ”

Xue Bai was reluctant to talk about it in a shallow way, so he stopped there.

Yan Zhenqing wanted to ask again.

"What if the law of the world is wrong?"

"Change."

With a concise and powerful word, Yan Zhenqing suddenly lost his mind.

He thought of what he had seen in this county lieutenant, the collapse of the Tang Dynasty's Juntian and rent, and the tinkering and even intensification of the imperial court.

I have never seen anyone dare to firmly respond to these broken traces with the word "change".

This is a prosperous age, there is no need to change it, and no one can afford to change it.

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