The news that the storm in Zheji City had subsided reached the Yancang, and Zhu Xiu returned to the Agricultural Reclamation Area under the protection of a team of soldiers from the Tiger Camp.

Li Chongjin led the remaining soldiers back to the county town without stopping, and returned to the Yajun camp. On five days off, Li Chongjin plunged into the chess and card room to vent his long-established gambling addiction.

Zhu Xiu didn't dare to return to the county town. After a few days, he sent Shi Xiangwen back to find out the whistle.

He lived in the agricultural reclamation area until the end of August, and the autumn harvest was basically over. Zhu Xiucai brought Fu Jinzhan and Shi Lingyan and his two wives returned to the county town.

Shi Lingyan was very sad about Wei Hu's death and was depressed for a long time. No matter how Zhu Xiu explained and persuaded her, she seemed unable to believe Wei Hu's sin.

After all, she had never seen the dark side of Wei Hu. In her heart, Wei Hu was always the elder brother Wei who took care of her and protected her since childhood.

Shi Xiangwen was confused, but as his elder brother, he was always taken care of by Shi Lingyan.

Wei Hu largely replaced Shi Xiangwen and took on the role of his elder brother in Shi Lingyan's life.

Zhu Xiu had no choice but to take Shi Lingyan back and give it to Shi Convey for advice.

When they entered the city, Guan Tieshi, Pan Mei, Tao Wenju, and Pei Jin came to greet them. Zhu Xiu exchanged a few simple greetings and sent them back to work.

I heard that Shi Converse had not taken a step out of the Jiedu Mansion for a long time. The people in the mansion knew that Jiedu was in a bad mood and did not dare to make loud noises, for fear of making Shuai angry.

Zhu Xiu didn't dare to be too arrogant, which disturbed Lao Shi's quietness. What if this guy got angry from his heart, became brave and rushed out and insisted on taking off his own skull and hitting the board?

The young envoy was barely beaten to the board in public. How can he lead the team after the news came out?

Zhu Xiu pulled Guan Tieshi and Tao Wenju to the side, looked at Tao Wenju first, and said with concern: "How is the injury?"

Tao Wenju nodded and bowed: "Support the young envoy, Hongfu, the injury of Beizhi has healed most of it, but it has scabs and calluses, and his butt is sometimes painful."

"This time you have made great contributions. In the future, you will leave all the salt factory affairs to you. Do it well!" Zhu Xiu patted his shoulder and said.

Tao Wenju smiled happily, like a blooming old chrysanthemum: "I will devote myself to my duties until I die!"

Zhu Xiu asked Guan Tieshi again and said, "Is it good to be handsome?"

Guan Tieshi sighed: "Since I came back from Zheji City, Mr. Shuai has been staying away from home. He either locked up in the house and played chess with himself, or carried a fishing rod to the back garden to fish. He often sat for the whole day and no one liked to see him. I went to visit him, but he was sent out if he couldn't say a few words.

Only Shi Dalang can stay with Mr. Shuai for a longer time. One of the two men digs earthworms and the other fishes. Occasionally, you can hear Mr. Shuai and Mr. Shi Dalang joke...."

Zhu Xiu heard it carefully and asked again: "What is the appetite of Mr. Shuai?"

Guan Tieshi thought about it and said, "It's okay, I just like drinking, I have to drink two taels of wine every meal. I don't drink the good Western Region wines upstairs from Taihe, and I have to drink the spicyest Shaobaidao. Taibai is drunk, and he doesn't get drunk. He sleeps loudly every time he finishes drinking."

Zhu Xiu smiled bitterly and used alcohol to help sleep. Lao Shi's heart was not solved.

"There are many things in the salt factory, Tao Wenju rushed over immediately, so that the salt transportation and production should not be delayed. Brother Guan rushed back to the mansion, and told him that I would go to see you later."

Zhu Xiu thought about it and ordered.

The two of them received their orders and returned.

Pan Mei hugged her chest with her hands and hummed angrily: "We have finished all the dirty and tiring work and scolded work. Have you finally found out?"

Zhu Xiu said without changing his expression: "Beheading is your specialty. Of course, I have to ask you Lao Pan to take charge of this critical situation to be relieved! Hehe, I heard that you cut off the guy's head with one knife. It's amazing!"

Pan Mei said angrily: "Don't do this! You kid are playing tricks behind your back, letting Tao Wenju take the blame and bear Shi Jieshuai's anger. It's so unauthentic!"

Zhu Xiu spread his hands: "Everyone knows that the position of the military envoy belongs to you, but is he still satisfied?"

Pan Mei was happy and widened her eyes happily: "Take it serious?"

Zhu Xiu curled his lips: "Go to Wen Zhongping and Pei Jin to issue documents, and I will hand over the talisman seal to you later."

"Okay! It's not in vain that I've suffered many murderous angry eyes for you! Hehe~"

Pan Mei laughed and rushed to handle the job handover.

Seeing that Zhu Xiu was still frowning, Fu Jinzhan smiled and said, "Are you worried that Shi Jieshuai would take his anger on you because of Wei Hu's death?"

Zhu Xiu smiled bitterly and said, "Wei Hu has been following Mr. Shuai for ten years, and Mr. Shuai regards him as a son. No matter what, I know Mr. Shuai doesn't want to kill him.

If I hadn't let Tao Wenju play a bitter plan and lure Wei Hu into a trap, I'm afraid he wouldn't have died, and we could still maintain open harmony."

Fu Jinzhan whispered: "Since Wei Hu has a strange ambition, it will sooner or later become a disaster. It is best to get rid of it as soon as possible. As time goes by, the harm will only become deeper and deeper. Shi Jieshuai is not ignorant of his ability. He is just sad for a moment and will be relieved in no time."

Zhu Xiu forced a smile: "Thank you, my eldest lady, for your guidance."

Shi Lingyan lay by the car window, staring at the bustling streets in a daze. Zhu Xiu was about to speak, but she snorted and rolled her eyes hard, retracted her head and put down the curtain, too lazy to pay attention to it.

Zhu Xiu was helpless and waved his hand: "Go back home."

The soldiers of the Hu Camp escorted them into Yacheng and returned to the Jiedu Mansion.

Zhu Xiu took a deep breath, crossed the threshold, and was about to enter the mansion, feeling a little uneasy.

"Yan'er!" The familiar loud voice was a little joyful, and Shi Converse rushed out of the door in a blink of an eye.

Zhu Xiu smiled all over his face and was about to face him, but Shi Converse ran past him as if he hadn't seen him.

"Dad!" Shi Lingyan shivered, and whimpered with a grievance and crying, as if she had suffered great grievances from Zhu Xiutian during this period of living in the Agricultural Reclamation Area.

Shi Converse surrounded his precious daughter with heartache, and his knife-like eyes were eager to cut off a few pieces of meat from Zhu Xiu.

"Shi Jieshuai." Fu Jinzhan bowed his head and bowed.

Shi Converse smiled and said, "Yan'er is naughty, didn't you cause trouble for Madam Fu?"

Fu Jinzhan smiled and said, "Miss Yan'er has similar temperaments to me, so we get along very happily."

"That's good, that's good. If you don't take good care of yourself, Madam Fu will take care of her more. Returning to the Jiedu Mansion is like returning to her own house. Don't be polite."

Shi Converse still smiled, and there was no way to see anything unusual.

After a few greetings, Shi Converse hugged Shi Lingyan and walked towards the back house, without looking at Zhu Xiu more from beginning to end.

Fu Jinzhan comforted softly: "It seems Shi Jieshuai is still angry. If he scolds you a few words, don't take it to heart. It will be fine after a while."

Zhu Xiu forced a smile: "I understand, the eldest lady is also asked to go back to her room to rest."

Fu Jinzhan nodded and returned to the cross-yard where she lived to rest.

Zhu Xiu first went back to his yard to sit for a while, took a few sips of tea, but decided to take the initiative to go and talk to Lao Shi.

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I met Guan Tieshi on the corridor leading to the back house. This guy was wearing armor and carrying a knife, and stood there like a door god.

"You are..."

Guan Tieshi said helplessly: "Young envoy, please come back. Mr. Shuai has issued a strict order and you are not allowed to see him."

Zhu Xiu looked behind him and whispered: "What are they doing now?"

Guan Tieshi shook his head: "I don't know, Mr. Shuai pulled Mrs. Yan to speak behind closed doors, drove me out, and let me stay here so that you won't enter the inner house without any loss."

Zhu Xiu smiled bitterly and said, "When will Mr. Shuai want to see me?"

Guan Tieshi glanced at the inner courtyard and whispered: "Tomorrow should be OK. Mr. Shuai only asked me to stay until tonight, and there was no explanation for the day to continue."

As he said that, Guan Tieshi still shook his eyes at him.

Zhu Xiu understood and bowed: "Then I'll come back tomorrow morning, thank you Brother Guan for your hard work."

Watching Zhu Xiu leave, Guan Tieshi sighed and silently felt pity for himself. Lao Shuai and Xiao Shuai were having a quarrel. He was stuck in the middle and was not a human being.

Alas~ I'd better think of a way to transfer to another place to work. It's also good to go to Pingliang Ranch to raise horses. The Jiedu Mansion is getting more and more unable to stay.

Guan Tieshi thought silently, glanced behind him, straightened his back and continued to stand on his knife.

The next day, Zhu Xiu got up early, calculated the time when Lao Shi got up normally, and went to see him when the sun was hanging high in a while. It should be almost the same.

Zhu Xiu was walking around the courtyard with his hands behind his back, thinking about what he should say after meeting Lao Shi later.

"Zhu Xiu!" Shi Lingyan's crisp voice sounded, and soon she ran into the yard.

"Yan'er?" Zhu Xiu was stunned. Hearing the voice and looking at his face, Shi Lingyan was no longer as gloomy as yesterday, and she seemed to be much more cheerful.

"Today, Sister Fu asked me to accompany her to the school to see, and Sister asked me to come over and talk to you." Shi Lingyan waved at him.

"Wait a minute!" Zhu Xiu quickly grabbed her and looked up and down, "Yan'er, are you okay?"

After only one night of my return, Shi Lingyan's previous depression seemed to have resolved.

Zhu Xiu felt amazing about this.

Shi Lingyan pouted, lowered her head and kicked Xiaoshizi: "Dad has explained it to me clearly, Wei...... You can't blame Wei Hu for yours..."

"Yan'er..." Zhu Xiu was so moved that she was almost crying. She didn't expect that she was so understanding, and she didn't expect that Lao Shi would take the initiative to relieve her last night.

Shi Lingyan pouted and stared at him, pretending to be angry: "But why don't you discuss with me for such a big thing? Why did you hide what Wei Hu did before from me and my father?

This matter is not over, so I will settle the score with you in the future!”

The little lady waved her fist fiercely at him, and ran out of the courtyard with her braided hair.

Zhu Xiu opened his mouth and stood there, smiled bitterly before cheering up and leaving the house.

There was no one in the inner house, and the aunt who cleaned the house said that Mr. Shuai went to the pond in the back garden to fish in the morning.

Zhu Xiu hurried over.

By the pond, I saw Shi Convey sitting alone, and there was a pair of fishing gear next to him.

There was a cloth pocket next to Shi Converse, which looked familiar.
To be continued...