At this moment, Qin Han looked at a letter in his hand, his face was gloomy, this letter was not someone else's, it was sent back by Qin Jian who didn't know where, his mother had already read it, and the heart he mentioned was also put down, but Qin Han could now conclude that the letter in his hand was fake.

But I don't know why, after comparing back and forth several times, Qin Han still dared to be sure that the handwriting was indeed from his father's hand, but the tone of his voice was definitely not him, because he never greeted Qin Han too much from his previous family letters, but only occasionally asked Qin Feng about his situation, and the person who sent this fake letter on behalf of Qin Jian, who would be there except for the people from the Inspector's Mansion?

"Why do they have to be like this? Could it be that something happened to my father?" Thinking of this, Qin Han's forehead couldn't help but sweat coldly, if it was an ordinary thing, it would not be like this, just when he was restless, Qin Feng broke in.

"Big brother, have you finished reading it? My mother asked me to come and take the letter away, and she wanted to take it. ”

No matter what, he must not let his mother and Qin Feng know, this is his first thought, so he said casually: "I've already finished reading it, take it!"

"Mother said, let you stop running out at night, today I made your favorite braised carp. ”

"Got it. ”

After Qin Feng left, Qin Han lay alone on the couch and pondered, wasn't his thoughts just now the same as those of Master and Lord Wang?

When it was time for dinner, Qin Han was still preoccupied, there were chopsticks without chopsticks pulling the rice in the bowl, and even the braised carp that he usually liked didn't move a few times, An Shi couldn't help but wonder when he saw this: "Han'er, are you uncomfortable?"

Hearing this, Qin Han was stunned, and said after lifting his spirit: "Mother, I'm fine, I just thought of the exercises taught to me by my predecessors yesterday, and I was a little out of my mind." ”

"The government exam in March is coming soon, if you don't hurry up and work hard, you will still be in the field for a day, if you fail the exam at that time, how should I explain to him when your father comes back?" An Shi said, his voice choked up.

Speaking of this, Qin Han also had a bitter face, but he also made a decision in his heart, and after eating a bowl of rice a few times, he said: "Mother, I am going to go to the imperial capital in the past two days, and Master told me that I have something." ”

"Go to the Imperial Palace? What does your master have to ask someone to send you a message? Why do you have to run over there? ”

"I don't know, anyway, let me go, and I'll let you know in advance. ”

Speaking of these, An's forgot everything about the house in March, and now Qin Han is also older, and the men have their own affairs, and An's still knows these truths, but he still doesn't worry about Qin Han going far away, and after asking all the matters in detail, he nodded with satisfaction, Qin Fengben also shouted and wanted to go together, but after being hit by his mother several times, he cried and quieted down.

......

As soon as the hour passed, a black shadow sneakily came out of the Qin Mansion, looked around for a while, and disappeared into the darkness when he saw no one around, at this moment most people were still immersed in the fragrance of dreams, only the peddler pawn woke up, after all, many people have to go out to sell goods when the city gate is wide open, and they must rush back when the city gate is closed at night, otherwise they will sleep on the streets.

After coming out of the house, it was already slightly brighter, but he could only reach out and see his five fingers, the breeze was blowing, Qin Han couldn't help but shudder, after all, there was still some coolness during this time period, and after walking a few steps, Qin Han noticed that someone was following him behind him, and he didn't have to think that it was Brother Xu.

Looking back, it was indeed empty, Qin Han sighed and said, "Brother Xu, you don't need to hide, I know you're behind me." ”

Sure enough, after saying that, Brother Xu walked out of the darkness, Xu Huang was not good at words on weekdays, and even a little wooden, until this time he didn't say a word, Qin Han couldn't help but helplessly said when he saw this: "I'm going to the imperial capital this time, do you want to follow along?"

Xu Huang only nodded silently when he heard this, and when Qin Han saw this, he said, "You can follow, but you can't report my whereabouts to the seniors chasing the wind." ”

"Good!"

Listening to the word that finally popped out of Xu Huang's mouth, Qin Han shook his head with a wry smile, and then remembered something: "You are too eye-catching to wear this, don't you have any other clothes?"

Xu Huang still shook his head and said nothing, the two had to rush to the city gate, at this moment there were many peddlers and pawns gathered at the city gate, Qin Han had to go up one by one to ask if there were any extra clothes, Xu Huang's figure can be said to be a size bigger than ordinary people, how difficult it is to find a suitable one.

After looking around, I found a suitable dress from a strong man in a caravan, and paid a price of one or two silver, but it was a coarse cloth clothes, so I dared to open my mouth, but I was relieved to think about it, after all, rare things are expensive.

Xu Huang, who was wearing a cloth coat, lost his might, and he looked no different from an ordinary villager, but he was just a strong circle, and when he went out of the city, the guards saw that the two were carrying knives, so they stopped the two and took them aside.

"Who are you two, and why do you carry blades?"

Qin Han didn't know what to say for a while, but for Xu Huang, he had long been used to it, and after quietly revealing the token on his waist, he didn't say a word on the side, the young soldier couldn't help but be a little annoyed when he saw this, the man in front of him didn't answer his questioning, and was about to scold angrily, an older soldier sitting behind him hurriedly ran up and grabbed the young soldier away and said: "Don't be angry, my lord, this kid just came, and he doesn't understand the rules, if you have anything to do, hurry up, don't delay the big thing." ”

The young soldier beside him who nodded his head was dumbfounded, and he was also a little apprehensive about this, knowing that the man in front of him seemed to be a powerful person, he couldn't help but lower his hands and stand up, but in the next breath, he saw that the man waved his head at the young man, and the two went out of the city together, seeing that the other party had no intention of delving into it, the young soldier couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Brother Cheng, who is that man?"

"You kid is angry with long eyes, I didn't see that people leaked out of the waist card, and I had to interrogate, I told you when I first came, anyone can check, even the people from the Inspector's Mansion don't check, you can do it, hit the muzzle." ”

"They're from the Inspectorate's Office?"

"What do you think? ”

......

Dijing is more than a thousand miles away from Yancheng, naturally will not rely on the legs to walk over, not long after leaving the city, hired a carriage to solicit passengers on the side of the official road, I heard that the coachman who wanted to go to Dijing was to refuse, but after seeing the white flowers of five taels of silver, or swallowed and spat at the mouth, after all, the employer who went to Dijing before was only given three taels of silver.

The journey of more than ten days is naturally boring, especially in this era when there are no mobile phones and computers, if it is replaced by the previous life, he may even have the heart to die, and naturally I miss that machine in hand, and I have the feeling of the world.

And Xu Huang is a stuffy gourd, he may not be able to kick a fart with three feet, still Qin Han said it, Xu Huang is still like that, occasionally confiding out that little bit of words, which also made Qin Han lose interest suddenly, so that Qin Han could only sit on the frame outside and talk with the coachman.

"Uncle, how long have you been doing this?"

"I've been working with my dad since I was fifteen years old, and it's been more than 30 years now. ”

"In a few years, when you're older, you can't do this all the time. ”

"Won't I just let my son do it then, isn't that what I do?" said the coachman.

This kind of idea of the son inheriting his father's business is really deep-rooted, but according to Qin Han's point of view, those who do this should be relatively wealthy, why don't they want to do something, and it is not as hard as now, so he asked first: "Then Lingzi doesn't know what to do now?"

"He followed the Zhao blacksmith in the south of the city to learn to make iron, and if he could learn any skills, he would follow him, and if he couldn't learn, he would come and take over my class. ”

"Wouldn't it be nice to save some money and do some small business? At least you don't have to go in the wind and rain. ”

When Qin Han said this, the coachman couldn't help but look at him from head to toe again, and then said: "Although the son is dressed in cloth, judging from his speech and demeanor and his actions, he should be the son of a big family." ”

"Makes you smile. ”

"It's okay, the dragon gives birth to the dragon, the phoenix gives birth to the phoenix, the son of the mouse will make a hole, this is the righteousness that should be done since ancient times, the son does not know and it is also a matter of course, since the Xuancheng years, it began to focus on agriculture and suppress business, and the commercial tax has been close to ten taxes from the initial fifteen taxes to now. ”

Then he opened the bamboo tube he was carrying, and after taking a big sip of herbal tea, he handed it to Qin Han, although Qin Han said that he was not used to drinking strangers' water, but he was not particular about it at this time, so he took it and poured a big sip.

Seeing this, the coachman also let go of his words, and continued: "This is just the policy of the imperial court, and it is a little different from each other, our Yancheng is the three mansions and three cities of Daqin, and the management is naturally much stricter, but other places are different, you can breathe in the endless variety of taxes, and all the taxes in some places add up to the point of eight taxes and one, how do you say this business is still done?"

Qin Han couldn't help but secretly say to himself after hearing this, the tax rate of ten taxes and one is indeed amazingly high, not to mention the eight taxes and one, doing that kind of bulk trade, high-profit business is still a little turned, like that kind of general small business is really not easy to do, it is the profit squeezed out of the teeth, with the higher and higher business tax, it is inevitable that they will close their doors one after another, this situation is okay in Yancheng, as the coachman said, but if it is changed to another territory, I am afraid it will be another situation.

In this way, I gaged with the coachman on the road every day, and unconsciously approached the boundary of Xu Yang, and Qin Han was still more impressed by this place, the woman I admired when I participated in the Oiran Conference was Xu Yang, and I was sad for her for a long time at the beginning, and when I thought that I was about to arrive in Xu Yang, I couldn't help but feel a ripple in my heart, and the second reason was that after the convoy was attacked, Tie Shou let himself drink with him every day, and the name Xu Yang was grinding out of the cocoon, and this place would probably be a sad place for Tie Shou's life。

In time for the twilight, the three of them entered the city when the city gate was closed, found an inn at random, and after eating some food, Qin Han and Xu Huang opened two rooms and planned to sleep well, but the coachman did not open a room, saying that he would sleep in the carriage, I don't know if it was because of constraints or what, but the bad guy was also able to accompany him all the way, so he planned to open another room out of his own pocket, but who would have thought that the coachman was unwilling to live or die, and said that the silver when he came was already enough, and he must not let Qin Han break the bank, no matter how he persuaded him, Qin Han said that he was a little strange in his heart, but I still understand a little, it seems that there are still many good people in this world.

Back in the room, Qin Han, who thought he would be on the pillow, didn't expect to toss and turn for half the night, there was no way, closing his eyes was the smile of Lan Mengdie when he participated in the Oiran University, as if he remembered it vividly, and then some strange ideas also came to mind, Qin Han couldn't help but secretly spit, secretly scolding himself for being unproductive, a mere Qinglou woman can let herself be like this, if you meet any peerless woman in the future, you can't take your soul away? But she was really beautiful, beautiful and didn't eat the fireworks of the world, so Qin Han fell asleep deeply, so he decided to stay tomorrow for another day, and at night he would see her no matter what, as for why it was night?

Xu Huang is very strange, why Qin Han, who never pays attention to appearance, began to pay attention to why he stayed overnight, and he has to stay in Xu Yang for a day today, you must know that he is in a hurry on the way, although Xu Huang said that it was strange, but he still subconsciously did not ask, but I have to admit that Qin Han's appearance can be called a beautiful son, but because of more than a year of practice, he has become a little tanned, but he has an unprecedented temperament, in Xu Huang's opinion, this should be called self-confidence.

After breakfast, Qin Han dragged Xu Huang to the street, saying that his outfit was a little inconsistent with his temperament, and he planned to buy another one, Xu Huang was speechless, but he had to follow, and not long after the two walked on the street, there was an angry cheer behind them.

"Stop!"

I saw a girl of about ten years old, crying and stumbling forward, followed by three or four men dressed as sticks and sticks chasing after her.

In the next breath, the girl stumbled under her feet, and fell in front of Qin Han impartially, and in just a breath or so, the few family members chased after her, and the girl saw Xu Huangren Gao Ma Da subconsciously got behind him.

Xu Huang frowned when he saw this, and pulled away, after all, he had seen a lot of this kind of thing, and he didn't want to cause trouble for no reason, and the few family members just saw the girl flash behind Xu Huang and couldn't help but stop in unison, and when they saw the burly man dodging again, they laughed and planned to catch the girl.

At this moment, Qin Han grabbed the girl and put her behind him and said, "She is so young, what can't she say well?"