Chapter 301 Eunuch Lang Rong returns to his hometown
After two county magistrates, Hou Xunchen, were buried, the county government immediately lost a person in charge. A country cannot be without a king for a day, and a family cannot be without an owner for a day. No matter how small the county government is, it is still a first-level government. It cannot be without a leader, and the people have troubles.
Who to look for? There is no place to complain. It is too late for the emperor to send another person. Pan Youan thought over and over again and decided to let his father-in-law Wei Zhizhong temporarily take over the position of county magistrate. Of course, the appointment letter will have to be presented to the emperor after he returns to Beijing.
Issue decrees and grant orders.
When Lao Wei heard his son-in-law's intention, he was naturally very happy. He had made a lot of money in business all his life, but he never dared to think about becoming an official. It wasn't that he didn't want to be an official, but that he didn't have the chance.
It takes too much time to get fame and fame. He is obsessed with money all day long. He can't take care of taking exams for scholars, candidates, and then going to Beijing to take Jinshi, etc. He has thought about spending money to buy an official position, but he can only be a small local.
, Ten thousand taels of silver can at most buy a deputy county magistrate, and he is also a candidate for election. He can only take office after the current deputy magistrate dies. You can't expect people to die, nor can you wait for people to die, and there is a book of life and death.
There are no young or old, so it’s not certain who will be ahead or behind! Now that a ready-made seventh-grade county magistrate has been delivered to his hands, is there any reason for him to be unhappy?
Pan Youan knew that his father-in-law, Lao Wei, was very capable and prestigious, and he was also a very important figure in Liangdang, one of the best. However, after doing business for a long time, it was inevitable that he would become cunning.
? Therefore, he is more powerful and selfish, but his character is not very bad, and there is absolutely no corruption and bending of the law. At least he is many times stronger than that Hou Xunchen.
Weng and his son-in-law hit it off immediately, and Lao Wei was eager to become an official, so he took up the post in a hurry as soon as he cleared up his affairs.
After everything was arranged, Pan Youan and his newlywed wife Wei Xinmei went to visit his old mother-in-law. When the old lady saw her new uncle, she was really extraordinary. He was really talented and handsome, and a young man in his mid-twenties could do such an earth-shattering thing.
His great career, today everyone calls him a brother-in-law! Who can believe it if it’s not what he sees? It’s his daughter who has good eyesight. A small hydrangea happened to be thrown into his hand. Look at the husband she chose, he is so majestic.
, handsome in appearance. Not only handsome in appearance, upright and full of justice, full of courage, he earned a peaceful and prosperous age for the country and the people. Before leaving, he even offered his daughter an official position for her father, that's all.
The old man has always dreamed of becoming an official.
Not to mention that the mother-in-law praised her son-in-law, Pan Youan had finished everything and said goodbye to his father-in-law and mother-in-law. He also told them that if they did not want to be officials in the future or missed their daughter, they could send a letter and he would send someone to pick them up and bring them to Beijing.
At that time, father, daughter, mother and daughter, the whole family was reunited.
Calculating the weather in the capital for half a month, nothing has been accomplished. He has not seen either of his two beloved wives. He is not too worried about Xian Ailian. He knows that the bandits on Duanbi Cliff have been captured by him.
His uncle Xian Shibao has also been imprisoned and may be dead. There are still many good folks in Ziwu Village, so Ailian will not be in much trouble. Only Xue Tao, the most important person is let.
He was worried. He went to his hometown alone. Most of the people in the village were easy to bully. Seeing that she came alone and had no credentials, she built a house at the old site of Lao Pan's house. She said she was Pan Youan's daughter-in-law, but who knew?
Already?
After thinking about it, it was not war time, and Pan You'an had no useful counselors or generals. Of course, he might not need them. He went home to pick up his daughter-in-law and worked hard. Wouldn't the villagers laugh at it? After Pan You'an thought about it, he smiled at Qi Guangyuan and Lin Rugui.
smiled and said:
"Two brothers, please make a hard trip and go to the old address of my hometown for a pre-war. I will arrive soon. But remember one thing, when you meet your brothers and their wives, don't say anything wrong. If you don't see anyone, just stay at the original address.
Set up camp and wait for me to return."
The two understood each other, Qi Guangyuan patted his chest and said: "Brother-in-law, you can rest assured. If you mess up again this time and you can't find your brother and his wife, you can cut off my old Qi's head and play it as a ball!"
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Pan You'an had the intention to tell them not to drink on the road, but he was afraid that they would be too worried. After all, it was for personal gain rather than public interest, so he forcefully swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
Qi Guangyuan and Lin Rugui led a team of 200 people and headed straight for Pan Youan's hometown. They followed the map and asked when they arrived at the entrance of the village. The villagers pointed out the exact location to them. After that, the villagers ran away, shouting as they ran.
:
"The bride-robbing team has arrived!"
Qi and Lin couldn't help but wonder: How did we become a bride-robbing team? They wanted to send soldiers to capture the villager and question him, because this is the hometown of the commander-in-chief and they dare not mess around. If that person happens to be the commander-in-chief,
A handsome relative or something, isn't that another problem?
When they arrived near the door of the courtyard wall, Qi and Lin did not dare to alert the owner, so they ordered the troops to stay far away. They gently pressed the door knocker of the house. After a while, an old woman came out of the door.
When the old woman saw these two brothers, her face was filled with wrinkles and her heart was trembling. She turned around and was about to leave, but Lao Qi grabbed her and shouted:
"Sister-in-law, don't be afraid, we are sent by the man of the mistress of this house."
"How uneducated you are. You are so young that you call me, an old woman in her seventies, sister-in-law. Like a servant, like a master. It seems that your master is not a man who has studied. Go ahead, I won't be with you."
These village men are wasting their time telling you that there are no men in our family."
They have become common men in the village? What a sharp-tongued old lady! She actually made a lot of sense for the title. Qi and Lin did not dare to argue with the old lady, so they changed their tone and smiled happily.
Di Liang shouted with a loud voice:
"Grandma, grandma, we are really sent here by the man of the house! Pan You'an, you have heard of this name, right? He asked us to come, and he will be here soon."
"There's no need to call me grandma. It's too embarrassing for me. It's enough to call me aunt or aunt..."
"Mom, let them come in!" The voice came from inside the house, a young woman's voice.
When the old lady saw this, she opened the door and let the two of them into the yard. Through a curtain, another voice came from the room and said:
"There is no man at home, please stop."
Qi and Lin stood in the courtyard, went into the room with their hands clasped in fists, bowed their hands, sang Fei Nuo, and said:
"My younger siblings are always kind! We came here to welcome our younger siblings back to Beijing on orders from Marshal Pan."
"Where's Pan You'an?"
"The commander will arrive shortly."
The people in the room sighed and said, "You came just in time. If it had been half an hour later, Pan Youan's wife might have belonged to someone else."
"Why is this?" the two asked in surprise.
"Two generals, please ask your mother!"
Qi and Lin turned to the old lady, and then the old lady told the whole story.
The county where Pan Youan and his family live is called Taiping County, where Hu San was originally the county magistrate. The county next door is called Shanyin County. Although Shanyin and Taiping are separated by one county, Shanyin is a large county with a vast territory.
It is sparsely populated, densely covered with jungles, and has dangerous mountains and rivers. It is a place where many ethnic groups gather. Women in Shanyin County are busy working in the fields, preparing fields, plowing in spring and summer, harvesting in autumn, pruning fruit trees, etc. They also have to take care of housework, three times a day.
They eat meals, serve the elderly, raise children, feed pigs and chickens, etc. The men use guns and sticks, practice martial arts, and when they have nothing to do, they mostly fight, make money and drink, pick fights, etc. Therefore, the folk customs here are strong.
Then many characters emerged. The most famous one is that in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there was a man named Zhang Kexiao who followed the old emperor in the army for half his life and helped the old emperor conquer the world and seize the throne. The old emperor was grateful for his achievements and was granted the title of king because he had no choice.
Following the precedent, he was made a nominal Marquis of Shanyin, and was rewarded with a lot of money. He was sent back to his hometown to live in his old age. After Lao Zhang returned to Shanyin with a large sum of money, he bought a lot of land, built a lot of construction projects, married wives and took concubines.
, gave birth to eight sons and nine daughters. The eight sons are the eldest, Zhang Tianlong, the second, Zhang Tianhu, the third, Zhang Tianxiong, the fourth, Zhang Tianbao, the fifth, Zhang Tianjie, the sixth, Zhang Tianfu, the seventh, Zhang Tiangui, and the eighth, Zhang Tianlu. All of them are brave and tall.
, has great martial arts skills, and is known as the Eight Kings of Hell in Shanyin. When I add my sons, eight of them are accomplices, and one is a pervert. Zhang Laoba is the only one who not only has high martial arts skills, but also has a handsome appearance. He calls himself the Eight Wise Kings and is known as Huahua Taisui.
.Specializes in looking for beautiful women in the Shanin area. Regardless of age, rich or poor, they snatch them all. After playing with them enough, they throw them into the street and let them jump into rivers and wells, go home on their own, or wander around in other places.
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Zhang Tianlu heard somewhere that there was a stunning woman named Xue Tao in Wanhua Building back then, and she suddenly disappeared. With such a fairy beauty, how could Zhang Laoba, who specializes in sex work, abandon her? So he sent out hawks and dogs to look for her everywhere.
, his hard work paid off, and he finally let him find out where Xue Tao currently lives.
How could Xue Tao, such a fierce woman, be willing to give in to Huahua Taisui Zhang Tianlu? But she couldn't stand Zhang Laoba's coercion and inducement, both soft and hard, and she had no choice but to agree that a certain day of the month would be the date for her and her husband. If by then
If your husband doesn't come to the appointment, you can go to the church to get married with him.
Zhang Tianlu was overjoyed, and he really stayed at home for a few days and stopped harassing her. Calculating that the time was coming, Xue Taonv had prepared some poisons such as arsenic, and she would let the shameless Zhang Laoba take care of him when the time came.
go back.
The day before, Zhang Tianlu sent people to deliver a large number of betrothal gifts, wedding dresses, many silks, gold and silver jewelry, etc., and agreed to get married at noon the next day.
Xue Tao waited for the sound of trumpets and drums, and took the poison as soon as the sedan arrived to receive the bride. She was complaining about Pan Lang's dishonesty and sorting out her clothes. At this moment, by coincidence, two people came to the door claiming to be
The person sent by Pan Lang. Xue Tao called the person in and asked carefully. She was overjoyed when she found out that her husband had arrived. She stood up hurriedly and rummaged through the boxes and cabinets to find her favorite clothes. After dressing up, Zhang Tianlu