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 Qin Han still dared to be sure that the handwriting was indeed from his father's hand after comparing it back and forth several times, 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 impersonated Qin Jian to send this fake letter, who else could there be besides 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 all the letters, and she wanted to take them. ”

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?

Soon it was dinner time, Qin Han was still preoccupied, there was a chopstick 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, the An family forgot all about the house trial in March, and now Qin Han is also older, and the men have their own affairs, and the An family still knows these truths, but he still doesn't worry about Qin Han going out, and after asking all the matters in detail, he nodded with satisfaction, Qin Fengben also shouted and wanted to go together, but after being slapped several times by his mother, 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, the sky 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 a trace of coolness in 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 empty, Qin Han sighed and said, "Brother Xu, you don't have to hide, I know you're behind me." ”

Sure enough, Xu Huang walked out of the darkness unhurriedly after saying that, he 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 say 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 I paid a price of one or two silvers for this, but it was a coarse cloth clothes, so I dared to open my mouth, but I was relieved to think about it, after all, scarcity is 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 Inspector's Mansion 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 him 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, you can hurry up if you have anything, don't delay the big thing." ”

The young soldier next to him who nodded and looked at him was full of surprise, 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 bow his head and stand with his hands tied, but the next breath saw that the man waved his head to the young man, and the two went out of the city together, seeing that the other party had no intention of delving, the young soldier couldn't help but let out 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 next to 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, he still swallowed his saliva and hurriedly responded, after all, the employer who went to Dijing before was only given three taels of silver.

The journey of six or seven days is naturally extremely 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 he misses 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 out a fart with three feet, no matter what Qin Han says, Xu Huang is still like that, occasionally confiding in that little bit of words, which also made Qin Han lose interest suddenly, so that Qin Han can only sit on the frame outside and chat 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?"

After hearing this, Qin Han couldn't help but secretly speak, 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 profitable, 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, and as the coachman said, if it is changed to another territory, I am afraid it will be another situation.

In this way, every day on the road and the coachman gag, unconsciously approached the boundary of Xuyang, Qin Han is still more impressed by this place, when he first participated in the Oiran Conference, the woman he admired was Xu Yang people, and at the end of the conference, he was depressed for a long time, and when he thought that he was about to arrive in Xuyang, he couldn't help but have a ripple in his heart, and the second reason was that after the convoy was attacked, Tie Shou let himself drink with him every day, Xu Yang's two words were almost grinding out of the cocoon, and this is probably the sad place of Tie Shou's life。

In 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 refused to open one, saying that he would sleep on the carriage, I don't know if it was because of the constraints or what, but the bad guy could be regarded as having accompanied him all the way, so he planned to open another room out of his own pocket, but who thought that the coachman was resolutely refusing, 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 Conference, as if he remembered it vividly, and then some strange thoughts also came to mind, Qin Han couldn't help but secretly snort, secretly scolding himself for being unproductive, a mere Qinglou woman can let herself be like this, if she meets any peerless woman in the future, she can't take her soul away? But she is really beautiful, beautiful and does not eat the fireworks of the world, so Qin Han fell asleep deeply, and before falling asleep, he decided to stay tomorrow for another day, and at night he would see her no matter what, as for why it was night?