Chapter 129

Qin Zhong was in a hurry, went out from the back door of the county mansion in a hurry, and ordered a few words with the coachman, and was about to get in the carriage, when he faintly felt that someone was spying secretly, when he looked up, a shadow passed by the opposite corner of the alley, Qin Zhong took a look At first glance, there was something important in my heart and I didn’t delve into it, I just thought it was my eyes that were dazzled.

“Go, go back to the house.”

After the Qin family’s carriage drove away, the passing figure reappeared and looked at the carriage for a few times before leaving.

…

Zhang Fangyuan went back to the house and told Xu He about today’s adventure, but for a while it turned out to be secondary, Xu He said with emotion: “Master Luo is worthy of being the Imperial Academy’s sacrificial wine, these random old friends are actually some high-ranking officials.”

“That’s not true. At the banquet that day, I heard Mr. Luo talk about Mr. Yanzheng and his classmate. They knew each other when they were young. Later, Mr. Luo entered the Imperial Academy for Yijia in high school, and was transferred to the Imperial Academy. A man of cleanliness.”

“Mr. Yu was a top three high school official. He went to the local government to become an official. It was also very prosperous. I thought that the two old people had already resigned from office and retired, but I didn’t expect Mr. Yu to be the salt administrator this time. This is a fat job. .”

Xu He was shaking his fan next to the ice basin, and the wind from the fan was also cool. This year’s summer was early, and the weather in May was not considered hot, but it was also poisonous at noon. Ice was used, and now ice cream can be seen everywhere in the street market.

“Just knowing Master Luo’s prestige and connections, I feel really worried for our family Ruijin.”

Zhang Fangyuan knew Xu He’s intentions: “Our merchant’s house is really high for the Luo family. I never wanted Ruijin to cling to the rich and powerful. It’s just that the children grew up together these years, and their childhood sweethearts have affection. There is no way.”

Xu He said: “I can see their thoughts. Although Ruijin never said anything clearly, I was still a little puzzled back then. Now I can understand his thoughts a little bit. I’m afraid I feel that I have nothing to say. Too much delay, brother Xing.”

“He has a calm mind and a calm mind, unlike Brother Li who is short-sighted.”

Zhang Fangyuan said with a smile: “If Ruijin really has that kind of meaning, I, as a father, will definitely prepare more dowry gifts for him, so I won’t feel wronged brother Xing.”

“It’s just a gossip between the two of us in private, the child is not too old, and we are not in a hurry to get married.” Xu He said: “Although I want Ruijin to get married and start a business earlier, but he is so focused on the scientific examination, he can’t tell Don’t force him if he doesn’t want to start a family yet.”

Zhang Fangyuan has always liked children very much. He had two children in his life, and it was a lot of hard work to take care of them. He waited for the children to grow up and let them go. Xu He also thought about having two more children with Zhang Fangyuan, but probably I have exhausted my luck in having twins, and I have never been able to raise another child.

But now that he’s getting older, he’s not afraid of being laughed at as an old mussel, but Zhang Fangyuan feels that he is not as strong as he was when he was young. , Don’t blame Zhang Fangyuan for being cautious and taboo.

Seeing that the two children are raised so well now, although they are not as good as the family with many brothers and sisters, but there is less noise, and there is no rebellious son who **** off his parents, he slowly felt relieved.

In this way, the burden of Zhang family’s incense is now placed on Ruijin.

When Ruijin was young, she didn’t like to be lively and talkative, but she loved to read and ride horses. The things she likes are relatively normal, but her temperament is too dull.

He had heard people say that no one is perfect, and if one end is too brilliant, then the other end must be lacking. Xu He was afraid that Ruijin would grow into a cycad tree that would not bloom for thousands of years, and would become a model for urging marriage in the future. The incense of the Zhang family was worrying, so he thought about raising two more children with Zhang Fangyuan.

Seeing later that he treated Luo Yuxing well, I don’t know how happy he was when the relationship was normal. He is not afraid that Ruijin will get married early, but he is afraid that people will not get married.

After sorting out his thoughts, he changed his mind again, and said to Zhang Fangyuan: “When Ruijin comes back from the capital, if he doesn’t say anything to Brother Xiao Xing, I’ll mention it to let him wake up. ”

“Yes, just wait for the son to come back.”

The two of them were discussing something good, when a servant came in and said, “Master, Mr. Wang from Qiyu Lane said that he would like to invite you to meet at Wangchunlou.”

Xu He looked at Zhang Fangyuan after hearing the sound: “Master Wang likes banquets and entertaining guests the most. The Wang family is not qualified for Yanyin. Knowing that our family participated in the election this time, we must be waiting for you to come and have fun with him.”

Zhang Fangyuan smiled helplessly: “That person just loves to join in the fun.”

After finishing speaking, he smacked his lips again and asked the servant: “Are you sure Master Wang is talking about a gathering at Wangchun Building?”

The servant said: “That’s what the person who came to pass the message said.”

Xu He was puzzled: “What’s wrong?”

Zhang Fangyuan shook his head: “It’s okay, I just asked casually.”

After saying that, he stood up: “It’s difficult to wait for the results at home, but the time to go out for some water and wine passes faster. It’s hot outside, you have a good rest at home, and I won’t bring you with me today Go ahead.”

Xu He’s eyebrows twitched slightly. In the past, when Mr. Wang had a banquet, Zhang Fangyuan wanted to take him with him. Because Mr. Wang is also a loving family of husband and wife, he often brought his husband with him when he went out for banquets. Or sitting in separate rooms, he is still happy to take his family out. For this reason, Zhang Fangyuan also likes to take him with him, but today he did not let him.

But he never felt offended, the hot weather is a fact: “I don’t like to go with a bunch of rough old men chatting and drinking.”

Zhang Fangyuan got up and squeezed Xu He’s hand: “Then I’ll go.”

“it is good.”

Zhang Fangyuan went out, and saw that the servants had already set up the carriage: “Go and change to a smaller carriage, Husband won’t go out today.”

“Yes.”

Zhang Fangyuan waited at the door for a while, and then went up after the carriage was changed. The inside of the small carriage was also quite hot, but many people like to ride in a small carriage when traveling in summer, put an ice basin inside, and lower the curtains. The smaller the space, the cooler it is.

From Qingshan Lane to Wangchun Tower, the route goes from the west to the north of the city. Recently, the buildings on both sides of a main road from the west to the north of the city are being repaired. The weather became hot a while ago, and the water ran out. The houses were densely covered, and several buildings were burnt down.

You can often hear the crackling sound of Weijian when passing this section of the road.

The groom drove the horse slowly, and the whole carriage was very relaxed.

“Get out of the way, out of the way! The horses are frightened!”

Suddenly there was a neighing sound of a fierce horse, and the small stalls on the side of the road were overturned all the way, and there were all the sounds of people evading in panic.

Seeing the tall and strong horse rushing forward as if it had run out of rein, the driver of the carriage couldn’t pull away the horses that were pulling the cart in time, so he had to rein in the horse quickly to prevent the two sides from running and colliding.

When the fierce horse ran straight into the carriage, the groom jumped out of the carriage, and Gulu rolled under the handkerchief stand by the side of the road.

Before he had the joy of escaping from the dead, he heard a few muffled bang bang bang bangs, and a load of bricks and tiles fell from the overpass connecting the two sides of the main road, and hit the carriage hit by the horse impartially.

The scene was chaotic, and the people on the side of the road subconsciously turned their heads to avoid it. After the loud sound, everyone looked at the accident site.

I saw that the frightened horse collided with the two horses pulling the carriage and was seriously injured. The carriage overturned on the ground, and the bricks and tiles fell into the carriage, smashing several large holes. A layer of gray mist covered the cage.

The scene was so tragic that people standing by the side of the road didn’t even dare to go forward to watch it.

“This seems to be the Zhang family’s carriage…”

“It’s Zhang’s carriage!”

…

Xu He was looking at the fresh fish in the back kitchen. In the afternoon, there were fish in the fish pond in the village. Xu He liked carp with eggs. This time, he caught a few carp in the village pond. It was sent to the house.

He saw that the fish was not big and had a round belly and was very plump. He thought that Zhang Fangyuan would not come back from the dinner, so he and Brother Xiao Li would not be wronged, and they would cook a bowl of fish soup at night.

The servants went to kill the fish. He was about to cook the soup when Licorice rushed into the kitchen: “My husband is not good! A letter came from outside just now. The horse on the Beijiao road was frightened and ran into the carriage. It was our Zhang. Home carriage!”

With a bang, Xu He slammed the big spoon in his hand on the stove when he heard the news.

He tore off the apron around his waist, his face turned pale: “Where is the master? There is news about the master!”

Licorice’s eyes turned red: “The carriage was overturned, and the house on the road was being repaired again. Maybe the horses were frightened and ran rampant, which also shocked the builders. Bricks and tiles fell on the carriage of our house without noticing.”

Speaking of licorice, he was already crying: “The people who went forward bravely saw blood pouring out of the carriage.”

Xu He gasped for hot air, and nearly fell to the ground. He tried his best to maintain his rationality: “Don’t let the young master know about this beforehand.”

After saying that, Xu He rushed out straight away.

When I rushed to the accident site, the roads were still in a mess. The peddlers who set up their stalls were cursing and cursing while tidying up their stalls, while the damaged horses and carts in the middle of the main road had been cleaned up, vaguely. A few pieces of wood were still visible.

Xu He’s eyes were bloodshot, causing his entire eyeballs to turn a little red. With a choked voice and trembling, he walked to the handkerchief stand by the side of the road, and asked in a broken voice, “Ma’am, where are the cars, horses and people involved in the accident?”

The woman who was tidying up her stall was already full of anger. The horses were frightened and ruined everyone’s business, and no one came to compensate. Small business is not easy, and the anger in her heart has nowhere to vent, she said angrily: ” Drag it all away, you perpetrator!”

Xu He’s eyes were filled with tears immediately, and when the woman looked up and saw the man so sad, her heart softened: “Are you a family member of the person who just had the accident? Oh, the old woman can’t speak, husband, don’t go there. Take it to heart. I have already sent it to the God’s Cottage, that man is so strong, he jumped under my stall in no time, it seems to be no big deal.”

“really?”

“What are you doing to coax you, go and have a look!”

Xu He wiped the tears from his face, climbed into the carriage and sat directly outside, not even wanting to move a step inside to sit, so he hurriedly asked the servants to drive to the God’s Cottage.

Xu He jumped off the carriage before it came to a complete stop. He ran straight into the hospital. At the door, he saw the familiar figure standing with his back facing the door with his hips akimbo. Tears burst out like a flood.

“He Geer is here!”

Zhang Fangyuan was pulling his neck to watch the doctor suture the coachman. Although he abandoned the car in time to save the man when the horses collided, he still broke his head when he rolled to the ground.

Zhuang Qi nudged him for a while before he could react, and when he turned his head, seeing the tearful person at the door, he rushed up.

Xu He came straight over and threw himself into his arms, sobbing and surprised: “You’re fine, you’re fine!”

Zhang Fangyuan bent his elbows and put his arms around the shoulders of the person in his arms: “Didn’t I send someone back to send you a message, nothing happened, and I’m just in the God’s Cottage.”

“I only heard that there was an accident in the carriage at home, so I thought you…” Xu He hugged Zhang Fangyuan tightly, buried his face in his thin waist, so that no one would see his distressed appearance, so he ignored it. other people’s eyes.

Zhang Fangyuan frowned: “I asked the people from the martial arts hall to come back to tell you the news, and I have repeatedly told you that nothing happened. I am afraid that the servants at home heard the rumors, and you rushed over and missed the people from the martial arts hall.”

But it doesn’t matter what happened, as long as the person is good.

Zhang Fangyuan patted Xu He’s back lightly, comforting the frightened person, Zhuang Qi came over and looked at the couple like this, which made it difficult for him to speak.

“Those bastards…”

Hearing the sound, Xu He rubbed Zhang Fangyuan’s chest, then raised his head and wiped away the tears that hadn’t dried up: “What’s going on?”

Zhang Fangyuan patted Xu He’s head, and first replied to Zhuang Qi’s words: “You lock up a few of you first, record your confessions and put them under charge, and turn them all over to the Yamen while the Yanzheng is still there.”

“Success.” Zhuang Qi said: “Then I will go back first, and come over after you tidy up.”

Seeing Zhuang Qi go away, Xu He clutched his sleeves nervously: “What happened, don’t hide it from me.”

“I didn’t mean to hide it from you.”

Zhang Fangyuan said slowly: “My servant told me that Master Wang invited me to Wangchun Tower, and I realized something was wrong.”

A while ago, when he had a drink with Boss Wang, he was in Wangchun Building. The clerks in that building were ignorant and offended Boss Wang. Said that he would not go to Wangchun Tower again.

Not long after the incident happened, even if the hatchback reconciled in private, but at that time Boss Wang let it go and said that he would not go again, and then he went by himself. Wouldn’t it be embarrassing to call friends.

Boss Wang loves face, it is absolutely impossible.

Thinking of Yan Yin’s incident, there was a lot of turmoil in the city, not because he was too thoughtful, but because he had to guard against it.

If it’s true as he guessed, it means that someone deliberately tried to lure him out.

To go to Wangchun Tower, you must pass Beijiao Road, and that area is the Qin family’s world. These years, the Qin family has been in the same situation, and it is hard for him not to think about Qin Zhong, even if he doesn’t know why.

So he didn’t let Xu He go out with him, and greeted the groom before setting off. When he passed the Ji’an martial arts hall, he quietly got out of the carriage and went to the martial arts hall to call someone, and followed the carriage.

Sure enough, something happened in the Qin family’s territory, and he and the people from the martial arts hall detained the horse-riding and brick-throwing people.

Xu He was afraid in his heart: “Fortunately, you are aware of it, so be careful in advance.”

“It’s okay, this time the Qin family has done many injustices and will kill themselves. There are all the witnesses and material evidences. How can he make sophistry? The county magistrate wants to protect him, but he can’t protect him.”