Jiang Shu bathed in the house, and Shen Changze discussed the affairs of the village with the new manager in the courtyard.

"Master Hou, my subordinates have something important to report." The guards were hurried, their faces anxious.

Steward Sun is a personal refinement, and he retreats with interest.

There was no one around, and Shen Changze said, "Say." ”

"Zhao Dezhu said that if the Hou Ye didn't go to see him, when he arrived at the yamen, he would say that Mrs. Tai was covering up and conniving at him." The guards reported truthfully.

Shen Changze was angry when he heard it: "What a slave!" ”

The guards stood aside, and they didn't dare to come out.

Shen Changze got up angrily and walked quickly to the firewood room.

He wanted to see what Zhao Dezhu wanted to do.

Jiang Shu came out after bathing and wanted to ask Shen Changze to take a bath, but saw that the courtyard was empty.

The night in the mountains is cool, and Jiang Shu sits in the courtyard to enjoy the coolness.

Tanyu wiped her wet hair, looked up at the sky and sighed: "There are many clouds, I can't see the Cowherd and Vega this year." ”

Jiang Shu was stunned: "Today is the Begging Festival?"

"Did Madame forget?"

Jiang Shu really forgot that all he was thinking about in the past few days was the Grange, and he didn't pay attention to the day.

"The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl only see one a year, so you won't see you this year, right?" Tan Yu said with regret.

Jiang Shu said softly: "Maybe the Weaver Girl doesn't want to see the Cowherd." ”

"How so?" Tan Yuqi said: "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl love each other so much, the heavens, the earth and the galaxy can't isolate them, how touching it is to meet at the Magpie Bridge once a year." ”

"Touching?"

Jiang Shu sneered: "A fairy, a mortal." If the Cowherd really loves the Weaver Girl, he should let her go free, instead of stealing the Weaver Girl's feather coat and forcing her to stay in the mortal world to suffer, let alone coax her into giving birth to children through a private marriage. ”

"Love should be a mutual affection, not selfish imprisonment."

Tan Yu was stunned: "So they don't love each other?"

Jiang Shu smiled noncommittally.

Looking up at the dark and gloomy sky, Jiang Shuxiu frowned slightly: "I'm afraid it will rain tomorrow." ”

The weather has been gloomy for the past two days, and it seems like a storm is coming all the time.

"When it rains, it's even harder to walk." Tan Yu whispered.

Jiang Shu said quietly: "No matter how difficult it is, you have to go." ”

Tan Yu was stunned, and understood that what Jiang Shu said was not the road.

The night breeze was slightly cool, and when Jiang Shu's wet hair was about to be dried, Shen Changze came back angrily.

"Master Hou, what's wrong?" Jiang Shu asked puzzled.

When Shen Changze saw them, he restrained his anger and said perfunctorily: "It's nothing. ”

With that, he went straight into the house and washed.

The master and servant looked at each other, and intuitively felt that something was happening.

But Shen Changze didn't want to say it, and Jiang Shu didn't want to ask.

At night, Shen Changze still slept on the ground as yesterday.

Jiang Shu was lying on the bed, the two of them had their own thoughts, and did not speak.

In the middle of the night, Jiang Shu was sleeping in a daze, and vaguely heard rain outside the house.

Shen Changze on the ground was woken up by the sound of rain and turned over in displeasure.

The rain was pouring down, and the guards guarding outside the firewood room retreated to the porch to the side to take shelter from the rain.

"Boom—"

The thunder fell, as if to cover up and remind something.

The next day, the rain subsided and began to fall.

Jiang Shu and Shen Changze were about to go on the road after breakfast, and the guards came to report in panic.

"Oh no, Master Hou, Zhao Dezhu ran away!"

"What did you say!" Shen Changze asked with a calm face.

The guard looked flustered and said: "Fang Cai's subordinates entered the firewood room and wanted to take Zhao Dezhu to the yamen, but found that the firewood room was empty, and there was a newly dug big hole under the wall. ”

"What were you doing last night, you can't hear anyone digging a hole!" Shen Changze was furious.

The guard knelt down in fear and said: "It rained too much last night, and my subordinates retreated to the porch to take shelter from the rain, and kept staring at the door of the firewood room. ”

"Find, hurry up and bring someone to find him, you must arrest him back!" Shen Changze's face was blue and furious.

The guards didn't dare to disobey, and hurriedly took a few people to track and find them.

But the heavy rain fell in the middle of the night, and all traces were washed away, and there was no way to find it.

Shen Changze waited with Jiang Shu for a long time, but did not wait for satisfactory news.

When Wang Cui and the others heard that Zhao Dezhu had run away, they panicked, afraid that he would secretly retaliate.

Shen Changze assured them with a calm face that he would definitely arrest Zhao Dezhu back. If Zhao Dezhu dares to flee again, he will directly kill the wolf.

Jiang Shu looked at his serious appearance and sneered in his heart.

In the afternoon, the rain stopped, and Shen Changze left half of the guards to search for Zhao Dezhu, and went on the road with Jiang Shu to the next Zhuangzi.

The mountain road after the rain is not easy to walk, and the carriage is a little bumpy.

Shen Changze sat with a cold face, still angry about Zhao Dezhu's escape.

Jiang Shu didn't want to see him coy, and leaned against the car wall to close his eyes and recuperate.

Hurried all the way, and finally arrived at Xiaoyuanzhuang at dusk.

Unlike the first two Zhuangzi, Xiaoyuanzhuang has almost no arable fertile land, and is all barren mountainous land, where some medicinal herbs are planted haphazardly and are not carefully managed.

Because there is not much oil and water to fish, the account books here are not a big problem, and the Zhuangtou people are honest and honest, but they are too old and no longer suitable for running around the mountains.

The handover of Xiaoyuanzhuang was very smooth, and the original head of the village retained the identity of the steward to retire here.

Jiang Shu and Shen Changze adapted measures to local conditions and decided to plant flowers and fruits in Xiaoyuanzhuang to make wine.

There are still two granges left, and after a night's rest, continue on the road.

Greed is human nature, and the remaining two granges are similar to Sangyanzhuang, both of which are chaotic and unclear account books, greedy for money and deceiving the people.

Fortunately, the nature was not as bad as Zhao Dezhu, so Shen Changze was treated leniently like Sang Yanzhuang.

After touring the village, Jiang Shu and Shen Changze returned to Beijing.

After a whole day's journey, we arrived at Cen Hezhuang before sunset.

Four days have passed, Zhao Dezhu has not been caught, and the people of Cen Hezhuang are panicking.

Shen Changze could only order the guards to stay behind and continue the search to comfort the villagers.

At night, Jiang Shu cleaned up and went to bed to rest.

Shen Changze asked her, "Where do you think Zhao Dezhu will hide?"

Zhao Dezhu has no relatives in his family, and Shen's mother thought that he was lonely and helpless, so she found a place for him to settle down.

But he didn't want to lure wolves into the house and raise tigers for trouble.

"Where will he hide, doesn't Master Hou know?" Jiang Shu asked rhetorically, with a sarcastic tone.

Shen Changze heard something wrong: "What do you mean by this?"

Jiang Shu was silent for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "That night, Master Hou went to see Zhao Dezhu?"

When Shen Changze came back that night, his face was angry, and Jiang Shu guessed that it was related to Zhao Dezhu.

On the second day, Zhao Dezhu fled, and Jiang Shu confirmed the guess in his heart, and he was extremely disappointed in Shen Changze.

"Yes. He threatened me with my mother's reputation to meet him. Shen Changze confessed.

Jiang Shu sneered and said no more.

Shen Changze wrinkled his eyebrows heavily in the darkness, and said unhappily: "Do you think I let him go for personal gain?"

"Yes or no, Master Hou knows it in his heart." Jiang Shu turned his back and didn't want to say any more.

Shen Changze was annoyed, sat up and asked, "In your eyes, am I so unbearable?"

"Master Hou is serious, it's just a matter of weighing the pros and cons, I understand." Jiang Shu sneered.

She knows everything, but she can't do anything.

"You know." Shen Changze gritted his teeth angrily.