Early the next morning, several servants from the escort agency cleaned up the mess left behind last night.
Several drunk men were still awake. It can be said that only Chen Mo was able to return to his room alone last night. The others were either helped or carried. The scene was heroic.
Chen Mo got up early and his head was still a little heavy. He left the escort office alone and walked around the escort office for a while.
The area near the Escort Bureau was almost full of residents. It was not a commercial street, with only a few stalls selling food. But Chen Mo had no money, so he just took a look and left.
It can be said that Chen Mo left home and walked out of the inaccessible mountains. Except for a few things, nothing belonged to him. In the end, he only changed into another set of clothes when he came to this escort agency, which belonged to someone else.
Low houses, busy passers-by, and occasionally children who get up early, playing on the road with few cars and horses, everyone is living in their own way.
After walking around, I returned to the Escort Bureau, which was still quiet. As soon as I returned to the door of my room, someone happened to bring some vegetable porridge, and it was Guo Jiayue.
"Mr. Chen, you got up so early? Where are you going?"
The Guo family had few servants and no full-time waiters. Guo Jiayue personally brought breakfast. Firstly, the Guo family valued Chen Mo. Secondly, she was a doctor and there was a patient here, so she should take care of the patient as a matter of course.
"I just came back from a walk outside."
After hearing what Chen Mo said, it turned out that he got up earlier.
The two entered the room together. Guo Jiayue put the things on the table, while Chen Mo walked to the bed and touched Xiao Yanyu's forehead. It was not hot. It seemed that the situation was much better.
At this time, Xiao Yanyu also opened his eyes and was very happy to see Chen Mo right in front of him.
"Chen Mo, you haven't left yet?" Xiao Yanyu said softly.
"Wait until I show you what a city is before I leave."
"Then I don't want to see it."
"Then I'm leaving."
Chen Mo talked to death in an understatement.
"I'm hungry."
"Change the dressing first."
"I don't want you to change."
"Then do it yourself."
Guo Jiayue listened to the exchange between the two people, which was very brief and interesting.
"I'll do it." Guo Jiayue knew what this little girl was thinking.
Seeing that Chen Mo had no intention of leaving, and looking at the little girl's knowing eyes, Guo Jiayue said again: "Mr. Chen, you haven't eaten yet, the kitchen has been prepared, you should know where the kitchen is."
"Aren't they all on the table?"
"That's mine." Xiao Yanyu looked at Chen Mo angrily.
Watching Chen Mo leave the room, the two women looked at each other and smiled.
...
On the other side of Xiayang City, in the north of the city, is the Sun family.
The head of the Sun family was sitting at the head of the lobby, drinking tea and eating snacks that ordinary people couldn't afford. On the guest chair next to him, his son Sun Zhiyuan was also there.
"Dad, the Guo family's escort this time gave them a chance to stand up. Didn't they say it was foolproof?" Sun Zhiyuan played with the tea cup on the coffee table next to him.
Sun Zhiyuan's father didn't speak, but tapped his index finger gently on the table.
Looking at his father who had not spoken for a long time, Sun Zhiyuan couldn't help but speak again: "Dad, please say something. You won't just watch the Guo family turn around like this."
"How was that going?"
"That thing?"
Sun Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment, and then immediately remembered that he went out to Guo's house yesterday, suppressed his anger, and went to meet friends to drink wine and play until midnight.
"Don't mention it, they will get married next month. Guo Shengwen, the savage, doesn't know what to think. It's obviously a win-win situation, so we have to separate you and me."
"It seems that the Guo family is determined to draw a clear line and does not want to merge with our Sun family."
"Since I can't do it, I'll show you." Sun Zhiyuan suggested.
"Should we drive them out of Xiayang City by force? Don't say whether we can do it or not. Even if we can, we will suffer a lot of losses."
"They also lost some people in this escort trip, and many people were injured. This is our perfect opportunity." Sun Zhiyuan went to the Guojia Escort Bureau yesterday and saw a lot of things.
"Don't forget, the Sheriff won't let us do anything here. This is his territory, and any chaos will affect his career."
"Dad, you still have the nerve to mention the Sheriff..."
At this moment, the concierge came to report: "Master, Mr. Sun from the Sheriff's Mansion has arrived."
"Bring him here." Mr. Sun waved his hand and asked the door to bring him in. Then he looked at his son and said, "Be careful."
Soon, people arrived.
"Ah, Brother Sun Lin, you are here. Welcome." Sun Zhiyuan stood up and greeted him respectfully.
"Master of the Sun family, Brother Zhiyuan." Sun Lin, the county guard's son, said politely.
"Come, come, nephew grandson, please take a seat. I wonder what your nephew is here for today?" The head of the Sun family welcomed the person to the seat and asked.
"My nephew came here today to ask for the remaining things on behalf of those people."
When Sun Lin said this, the smiles on the faces of the Sun family father and son disappeared a little.
"Nephew, this is wrong. We didn't honor the rest until we made the agreement. But now, you should have received the news."
"Master Sun, those people just asked me to send a message. The information you provided was inaccurate, which cost them several men. You know, they sent out people and set the price based on the information you provided. But the actual situation
But it's completely different. They still want to cause trouble for you. For the sake of our two families having the same surname, I helped you persuade them to stop. They also said that if you hand over the remaining things, they will not pursue any further investigations." Sun Lin was calm.
said.
"You said they missed?" Sun Zhiyuan on the side said in surprise. They knew those people and should have no problem dealing with their targets.
"It's true that we failed, and it's not because you didn't explain the situation clearly."
"Impossible." The head of the Sun family didn't believe it.
"Do they dare to deceive my father? They have a well-organized system and will record every missing person." Sun Lin said calmly. "By the way, my father is also angry. He made a fuss about you."
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Seeing that the Sun family's father and son didn't speak for a long time, Sun Lin stood up and left. Anyway, he was here today to deliver a message. The message had been delivered and it was time to leave. Presumably they didn't want to stay for lunch by themselves.
After Sun Lin left, the head of the Sun family couldn't suppress his anger, threw the teacup in his hand to the ground, and shouted: "What a bunch of trash, even the small Guo family can't deal with it. What's the use of the imperial court raising them?"
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"Dad, it wasn't those people who tricked us, right?"
"It's not a trap. Something must have gone wrong somewhere. Try to figure out the situation. What trick did the Guo family play to allow them to escape death?"
"The rest..." Sun Zhiyuan looked at his father's face.
"Give it, you must give it, not only give it, but also give it to the big one, and admit your mistake." Sun Zhiyuan's father said firmly.
"If this is the case, we will be short of money." Sun Zhiyuan said with some pain. After all, the money at home is short, and he will have less money to drink wine.
"What are you afraid of? You can't lose this relationship with the government. If you lose money, you can still earn it back. You can earn it back with the business that the county magistrate said last time. You can't stalemate the relationship at this time, otherwise you will be fat.
The Guo family is over there." The head of the Sun family grasped his fists in the void, he would not allow such a thing to happen.
"Who helped the Guo family?" Sun Zhiyuan changed the topic.
"In the situation of the Guo family, who else can help them, and who can be invited?" The head of the Sun family said angrily. "It must be the people outside the city who are fed and fed well, and there are no bandits.
The robbers have all become drunkards."
Sun Zhiyuan thought about what he saw when he went to Guo's house. They did come back in a mess. Guo Shengwu and Guo Jiaqi were all injured. As he thought about it, he suddenly remembered the barbarian who grabbed his arm. Could it be him?
Soon, he rejected this ridiculous idea: It was impossible that a barbarian from the countryside could help the Guo family turn the tide.
"Zhiyuan, after lunch, you will send your things to the Sheriff. Remember, you must lower your posture."
"Yes, father."
At the Sheriff's Mansion.
"Dad, the news is here, do you think they won't admit it?" Sun Lin returned home and looked at his father who was sitting next to the copywriter and said.
"If they don't admit it, then the situation between them and the Guo family should be reversed." Commander Sun was not as angry as Sun Lin described in the Sun family, and was very calm.
"Dad, how many people were lost in the garrison, can you explain it to the higher ups?" Sun Lin poured himself a cup of tea and moistened his throat. He came back from the Sun's house before without even taking a sip of tea.
"Is there anything I can't explain? The Black Tiger Mountain area has not been peaceful recently. A wave of powerful bandits have emerged. They sent troops to suppress the bandits. It is normal to lose a little." The county guard said while giving instructions on the copy. "Besides,
The court is still very busy with the defeat of the war, so this trivial matter can easily be fooled."
"Dad is still thoughtful." Sun Lin flattered his father.
"Lin'er, you still have a lot to learn. Many things in the county are left to you to take care of, so that you can practice your skills, but you have done mediocrely. In the future, our Sun family's stage will be even broader.
If you don't improve your abilities, I'm afraid..." The Lord Sheriff sighed, somewhat angrily.
"My son will obey his father's teachings." Looking at his father's expression, Sun Lin could only bow his head and flatter him.
"But having said that, you should take the time to check out the reason for those people's failure. According to what those people said, it's a bit unreliable, but you have to be careful and see if the Guo family has a relationship with a certain Jianghu sect.
entanglement, so that we can consider who the Sun and Guo families support based on the situation."
"yes."
In the afternoon, Sun Zhiyuan visited the county magistrate's house with the sincerity of the Sun family, and had dinner before heading home.
Under the calm river surface, undercurrents surge.