When Wang Xiaoyu saw Aunt Zhu like this, she felt sad in her heart, so she had to comfort her a few more words. When the three servant women withdrew, Aunt Zhu walked last. Wang Xiaoyu quietly chased after him, took out a few pieces of loose silver from his arms and stuffed them into Aunt Zhu's hands. Aunt Zhu wanted to refuse, Wang Xiaoyu hurriedly pointed to the backs of the two servants walking in front, Aunt Zhu didn't refuse, after taking the silver, she reached out and wiped her eyes, and then walked out quickly with her head down.

After the three servants left, Wang Xiaoyu invited Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan to sit down for dinner. During the banquet, Murong Danyan asked about Aunt Zhu, Wang Xiaoyu sighed, and said, "Aunt Zhu is also a hard-working person. She was a disaster victim who fled from Beihai to Liaodong, and originally settled in Shigou Village, seventy miles north of Motianling, and married a local stonemason. Although life is poor, he finally has his own home. Who would have thought that a group of robbers would enter the village, burn, kill, loot, and do all kinds of evil. The stonemason worked hard to protect Aunt Zhu's mother and son and the robbers, but died under the robbers' knives. Aunt Zhu and dozens of people in the village escaped by luck, and happened to meet my father and Steward Wang going to Liaoyang Mansion to deliver medicinal materials, so they rescued Aunt Zhu and others and repelled the robbers who were chasing. It's just that Shigou Village has been ruined by robbers, all the houses have been burned down, and these villagers have been left homeless. My father took pity on them, so he asked Steward Wang to take them back to Wangjiazhuang to settle down. At the time of the incident, Aunt Zhu's son Erniu was only one year old, and he was frightened, and since then he has been a little demented and in poor health. He is eight years old this year, but he talks and acts like a three-year-old child, and often suffers from illness and disaster, Aunt Zhu has taken him to endure all the hardships, if it weren't for my father to ask Steward Wang to take care of their mother and son, I am afraid that they would have died of cold and starvation. ”

Murong Danyan listened to Wang Xiaoyu's words, and remembered the appearance of Aunt Zhu, but he also felt desolate in his heart. Li Qiufeng was thinking about the origin of the young man, thinking about how to find out his intentions to Wangjiazhuang. The three of them had their own concerns, and although the wine and food on the table were quite exquisite, the meal was tasteless.

By the time the servant had cleaned up the table, it was already dark. Steward Wang hurried back, only saying that he had pacified the people of Majiazhuang. He was worried that there was something going on in the Yamen, and he was afraid that the owner of the Wang Zhuang would be alone, so he rushed to the Yamen with a few people. Wang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "My Uncle Wang has a cold face and a warm heart, thanks to his help over the years, otherwise my father would have been tired." ”

Li Qiufeng paced a few steps in the room, turned to Wang Xiaoyu and said, "Miss Wang, I want to go and see those people in Majiazhuang, I don't know if Miss Wang agrees?"

Wang Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Li Gongzi, do you want to sneak a peek at what that kid is doing?"

Li Qiufeng nodded, and said, "I always feel that this young man is extraordinary. If he came to Wangjiazhuang for other purposes, I was worried that the owner of Wangzhuang and Miss Wang would be harmed by this person......"

Before Li Qiufeng's words fell, Wang Xiaoyu's face changed greatly, and he said in a trembling voice: "Li Gongzi, you said this kid...... This kid is here for me and Daddy?"

Li Qiufeng pondered for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "I hope he is not." But ......"

When Li Qiufeng said this, he paused slightly, and then continued: "With this young man's skills, he is definitely not an ordinary man who puts wooden rafts. He was so forbearing, if he hadn't had a great plan, he would never have been wronged by this. Miss Wang once said that many people covet the wealth of the owner of the Wang Zhuang, and they always want to be unfavorable to the owner of the Wang Zhuang. If this young man is the one sent by these people to go undercover in Wangjiazhuang, we must prepare in advance to avoid being taken advantage of by the enemy. ”

Wang Xiaoyu originally had a worried face, but when he heard Li Qiufeng say this, he stretched out his frowning brows and said with a smile: "Li Gongzi, you said, 'We have to prepare early'." Are you willing to help me and my father fight off those thieves who are secretly watching our Wangjiazhuang?"

Li Qiufeng said: "In the past few days, I have been taking care of Miss Wang and the owner of Wang Zhuang, and I can't repay it." If someone wants to be unfavorable to Wangjiazhuang, he should stand on the side of Miss Wang and the owner of Wangzhuang. ”

Wang Xiaoyu let out a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "With the help of Li Gongzi, we can sit back and relax." Since Li Gongzi wants to go and see that kid, I'll accompany Li Gongzi to go with him. ”

When she said this, she turned her head to Murong Danyan and said, "Sister Murong wants to come and go together." ”

Murong Danyan smiled: "If Brother Li doesn't think I'm in the way, I would like to take a look." ”

Li Qiufeng said: "It's nothing for the two girls to go with Zaixia, but it's a little eye-catching." That young man is extremely alert, if he finds the two, I'm afraid that he is deliberately pretentious, and we won't be able to catch his flaws. ”

Before Murong Danyan could speak, Wang Xiaoyu hurriedly said, "This matter is easy to do." I went to find two men's clothes, and I dressed up in disguise with Sister Murong, and I couldn't see the flaws in discipline outsiders. ”

After she finished speaking, she pulled Murong Danyan and left, and said without looking back as she walked: "Young Master Li is here for a while, Sister Murong and I will come after changing our clothes." ”

Li Qiufeng saw Wang Xiaoyu and Murong Danyan leave in a hurry, but it was not easy to stop him, so he had to pace back and forth in the room. After half a pillar of incense, I heard the sound of footsteps in the courtyard, and then two people walked in. These two people are dressed in green clothes and hats, just like the scholars of large families. Li Qiufeng looked fixedly, but saw Wang Xiaoyu on the left and Murong Danyan on the right. The two of them wore men's clothes, and hid their long hair in their hats, and they were two handsome little servants, and they could no longer see that they were daughters.

Li Qiufeng hadn't spoken yet, but he only heard Wang Xiaoyu smile and said, "Li Gongzi, Sister Murong and I are dressed like this, that kid can't see any flaws?"

Li Qiufeng pondered for a moment, and said, "If you don't look carefully, you won't be able to see the identities of the two girls." It's just that the two of them are too handsome, and it seems a little inappropriate to appear here. Fortunately, it was getting late, and maybe those people couldn't see clearly, so things would be easier. We don't want to talk to the boy face-to-face, but we have to observe his words and deeds in secret. The two girls were dressed like this, and it didn't matter much. ”

The three of them left the backyard lobby and walked straight to the front yard. The servants and maids who were busy working here and there were all startled when they saw the three of them, and they did not know where these two handsome young servants had come from. When I saw that it was the eldest lady who changed her clothes, I no longer worried. Wang Xiaoyu didn't explain to everyone, but just led the way in front and led Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan out of the palace.

After leaving the gate, Wang Xiaoyu turned to the right, and said as he walked: "In the past few years, our Zhuangzi people have not been prosperous, and disasters have occurred from time to time. As Aunt Zhu just said, that year Zhuangzi wanted to rebuild the stone wall in the west, and Uncle Wang took dozens of Zhuangding to transport stones. As a result, on the way, the horse was frightened, trampled wildly, kicked down more than a dozen people, and finally the car also overturned, killing five villagers on the spot. That Uncle Deng was originally a very capable uncle in Zhuangzi, with great strength, and he could lift two or three hundred catties of boulders alone. As a result, when the car overturned, he was hit in the head by a large rock and died on the spot. According to Uncle Wang, eight villagers died that day, and all of them died miserably. Fearing that the families of these people would be frightened when they saw the corpses, Uncle Wang had to cremate the eight bodies outside the village and bring back only the ashes. In recent years, the population of the village has decreased, and there are many empty houses. Fortunately, today, the seventy or eighty mud legs of Ma Zhuang Zhuang can be placed. ”

Murong Danyan frowned, and said to Wang Xiaoyu: "Sister Xiaoyu, why do you call them 'mud legs'? ”

Wang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "The horses in Majiazhuang made a fortune by selling timber. He not only came wood from the North Sea by land to sell it in Liaodong, but also ran a business of putting wooden rafts. The Zhuang Ding of Majiazhuang set up iron locks on the bank of the Green River, stopped the wood that was cut down and put into the river upstream, and then transported it to all parts of Liaodong. These Majiazhuang villagers stand on the banks of the Green River every day and work in the knee-deep muddy water, and the people of Dongliao County call them 'mud legs'. It's just a title, not an insult to them. However, the year before and last year, several large mountains in the upper reaches of the Green River were set on fire, burning countless trees. Moreover, after the fire, many people had no food or clothing, so they gathered in the mountains and became robbers. As a result, the wooden raft business outside the horses could not be continued, and these mud legs were idle. Otherwise, I really wouldn't have asked so many people to help. ”