"Grandpa, don't worry. Nothing will happen during the trip to the Zeng family." Zhan Feiyu assured him. He was related to the Jade-faced Man and was targeted by the Forbidden Dragon Guard. He would never be the one who would be unlucky.
The old patriarch looked at Zhan Feiyu with a calm face. Although he wanted to believe it, he couldn't let go when he thought of the domineering and ruthless behavior of the Zeng family in Baofeng Buzhuang.
"I will pick a few young men from the clan and bring them over, and let them go to the county in batches and stay around the Zeng family just in case." Muramasa understands the worries of the old clan leader. Xiaoyu is the hope of the Zhan clan to change their lintel.
There can be no accidents.
The old patriarch and Muramasa began to discuss who to take with them. They should have strong bodies and smart minds. If they were an only child, they would not go to prevent accidents.
In her previous life, when she lived in modern times, she had never felt the importance of her clan. Until now, when she saw the old patriarch and the others planning for her, Zhan Feiyu was moved.
After bringing two cups of hot water from the kitchen, Zhan Feiyu looked at the old patriarch and Muramasa who had agreed, "Grandpa, I have an unkind favor."
After drinking water to moisten his throat, the old patriarch looked at Zhan Feiyu curiously, "Tell me about it."
"Although my father has been exterminated, I hope to keep him for a few more days until I come back from the Zeng family before making a decision." Zhan Feiyu thought of the foolish and filial boss Zhan, and regarded it as his last act of filial piety.
The old clan leader pondered for a long time, and then agreed with a pleased look on his face, "You are a filial person, but your father is only ignorant of filial piety. Now it's okay to get rid of the clan. I remember there is a broken house in the village, so I asked your father to move in there first."
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After Mr. Zhan was eliminated from the clan, he was no longer the son of Mr. Zhan and Mrs. Zhan. He was not even a member of the Zhan clan. His name was crossed out from the genealogy. After reporting to the county government, his identity
It's a little better than those refugees.
"Thank you, Grandpa." Zhan Feiyu squinted and smiled, hiding the calculating look in his eyes.
Having said all that needed to be said, after Zhan Feiyu sent the old patriarch and Muramasa off, he looked up and saw little Yao carrying two huge bundles on the dirt road.
"Hey, this is our little prodigy!" After walking for more than half an hour and carrying two big bags, little Yao was very tired. When he saw Zhan Feiyu, he felt resentful.
Come up.
"I even gave up my own father in order to study. I have never seen such a wolf-hearted little beast. Your father might as well have raised a dog after raising you for so many years!"
Zhan Feiyu originally didn't plan to pay attention to little Yao. Even if she was adopted, she was still considered an elder. But looking at her smug look on her face, if she didn't fight him back, she was afraid that they would come to him from time to time.
"Cousin-in-law." One of the benefits of adopting is that seniority is raised.
Zhan Feiyu smiled and looked at the stiff-faced little Yao family, and continued in a crisp voice: "My second cousin is going to be exterminated, so you immediately packed your bags and returned to your parents' home. Within three days, you found a widower to remarry, and even
I don’t care about Dalang Sanlang’s two children.”
Zhan Feiyu glanced at the women who were coming back from washing clothes by the river. His smiling expression suddenly turned serious and indifferent, and he asked sternly: "You are such a selfish and shameless person who is unfaithful to your husband, unkind to your children, and so on."
I have the dignity to live, I can walk and sit upright, what should I be afraid of!"
Heli's remarriage was just a plan devised by Zhan Laoer for little Yao. He played the emotional card to make Zhan Lao relent. In the end, Zhan Laoer escaped unscathed, but the bad reputation fell on little Yao.
"You...I..." Little Yao wanted to defend, but couldn't tell the truth.
Seeing that a little girl in Zhan Feiyu dared to point at her nose and scold her, little Yao's brain snapped. He threw away the baggage in his hand and rushed towards Zhan Feiyu, "Who do you think you are?
You dare to scold me! Let me see if I don’t tear your mouth apart!"
His face looked a bit ferocious, and little Yao wanted to take the opportunity to scratch Hua Zhan Feiyu's face, but Da Lang said he couldn't take the imperial examination if he had scars on his face!
She had divorced before, and the Yao family supported it, but the people in Yao Village scolded her behind her back for being unruly and shameless. She would divorce and remarry as soon as anything happened to a man. This was obviously unsustainable!
Since ancient times, only those who are slutty can do this. Without men, they can't live.
"What are you doing?" Shanwazi's mother rushed over and swung the mallet directly at little Yao, "If you dare to take action, I won't be able to beat you to death today!"
The fat aunt also came over and looked at the mischievous little Yao with disdain, "Even if the second brother Zhan is exterminated, you can't stay with the two children. If you can't wait one day, you will remarry. Now you still have the nerve to come back!"
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Shanwazi's mother protected Zhan Feiyu behind her and said with a sneer: "Your mother-in-law is most partial to your second wife, who has raised a whole family of white-eyed wolves."
The second wife of the Zhan family has a bad reputation in the village: the second brother Zhan took the money and almost killed one and two of Mrs. Zeng, the younger Yao family made a fuss about divorce and remarried, and the two children, Dalang and Sanlang, knelt down for their father.
If you force your uncle to kiss you, there won’t be anyone good in this family!
Unable to be scolded and beaten, little Yao was trembling with anger and could only pick up his baggage and run away in despair amid the scolding.
"Thank you, aunts, for your help." Zhan Feiyu thanked her sincerely. Although the people in the village were illiterate, everyone had an account in their mind and knew who was good and who was bad.
"There's a difference in seniority." Shanwazi's mother said, and the aunts all laughed heartily. Indeed, the adopted Xiaoyu was of the same generation as them.
Zhan Feiyu wiped his nose and smiled awkwardly. This fair and cute little appearance made several aunts happy. The old Zhan family is really blind. Such a good little girl was adopted out.
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After running back to Zhan's house, little Yao threw her bag on the chair and burst into tears of anger, "Master, you don't know how unpleasant those people scolded me, how can I go out in the future!"
"People in the village are gossiping. Don't argue with those shrews. It will be fine after a while." Zhan Laoer took little Yao's hand and sat him down on the bed, comforting him in a gentle voice: "Your good, my dear."
Just know it, and besides, when Dalang Sanlang gets the title in the future, they will only flatter you and fawn over you."
"That's a bunch of white-eyed wolves. When you drove the cattle cart to carry things for them, you used to wag their tails like dogs one by one. Now you dare to make sarcastic remarks!" Little Yao cursed angrily. When the second wife got up, they would
Kneel on the ground and beg yourself, but you won’t even look at it!
Ignoring the chattering little Yao family, Zhan Laoer's body has almost recovered, and the crisis of extermination has been resolved. However, the oxcart is now given to Zhan Laosan. When he thinks of having to work in the fields in the future, Zhan Laoer
His eyes darkened by three points.
He doesn't want to be an old scalper digging in the fields, maybe he can start a small business.
After cursing those women, little Yao pushed the absent-minded Zhan Laoer and said, "Master, don't you see how proud that damn girl is now!"
Little Yao's eyes turned red with jealousy, "There are also those three rooms. Are the old patriarch and the others blind? They gave such a good house to that dead girl, and the clan still allows her to study!"
When she thought that Mrs. Li was no longer under the pressure of her mother-in-law and could be the master of the family, little Mrs. Yao wished that it was her family who would move out.
"Don't say this outside." Zhan Laoer didn't know that Zhan Feiyu was getting an advantage, but he didn't want to be exterminated, so this was the only feasible way.
Mrs. Ma had been having a bad time these two days. She threw away the food in her hand and shouted to the west wing, "I'm not a newly married young daughter-in-law. Why are you hiding in the house? I don't know that there is no one to do the work at home."
What to do?"
Ma and Zhan Laosan have the same virtue, they are lazy if they can!
In the past, the three sisters-in-law took turns cooking, feeding the chickens and ducks, and cleaning the yard. It was okay for Ma to be lazy.
But now that Mrs. Li has moved out, Mrs. Yao just came back today. Mrs. Ma does all the big and small things in the house by herself. She is tired and angry. When she thinks about how much money Zhan Laoer has hidden, she is even more worried.
It's because he lost his good face.
"Can you be exhausted from doing some work? Do you want me, the mother-in-law, to take care of you?" In the main room, Mrs. Zhan's sharp curses rang out. No matter who lives in the Zhan family these days, it's hard for them.
happy!
Although Mrs. Zhan saved her second son, whom she relied on the most, she suddenly fell ill when she thought of Li and Zhan Feiyu being out of her control.
Furthermore, the elder Zhan has been exterminated, and no one will do the work in the fields in the future. The second, second and third elders are just like the palms of the hands and the backs of the hands. Old Mrs. Zhan will feel bad for whoever suffers hardship.
"Mom, the second sister-in-law was making trouble to remarry before, why didn't you scold her!" Ma replied dissatisfiedly. When the third child comes back in the afternoon, she must talk about the one hundred and fifty taels of silver!
It was another day of chaos. The Ma family was sloppy, and the cooking was also the same. Looking at the black mess, it was just cooked and edible. It was far from Li's good cooking skills.
The next day, it was a gloomy day, and the cold wind made people shiver.
In the early morning, Mrs. Li cooked multigrain porridge, cut two sweet potatoes and threw them in, cut leeks and fried two eggs and served them to the table, "Xiaoyu, eat more, I don't know when you can come back."
"Mom, don't worry. The Zeng family won't dare to do anything random while Master is here." Zhan Feiyu couldn't talk about the Forbidden Dragon Guard, so he pulled Master Lin out.
"Well, you have to study hard and don't let the old patriarch and the others down." Mrs. Li's expression relaxed.
Not only these three houses, but also one acre of fertile land and two vegetable plots were given by the clan. A few familiar aunts gave you a chicken and I gave them a duck. There are already six in the backyard. These days
It's much more comfortable than at Zhan's house.
After breakfast, it was not yet time to set off, so Zhan Feiyu picked up the book and started reading again, while Mrs. Li took the wooden basin to the river to wash clothes. After two years, when she had money in her hand, she still had to dig a well.
Little Mrs. Yao carried the basket and walked to the vegetable field with a frustrated look on her face. She didn't want to go out so early, but if she was later, she would definitely run into the villagers, and they would inevitably get ridiculed again.
This is how the former sisters-in-law met.
Little Yao looked at the rosy-looking Li and couldn't help but sneered, "My sister-in-law is really a traitor. She doesn't care about her brother's life or death. She only cares about moving out and enjoying herself!"
Mrs. Li took out the dirty clothes in the tub and glanced at the eccentric little Mr. Yao, "You can ignore the second son and the two children who want to remarry. At least I didn't remarry and stayed in the village to take care of Xiaoyu.
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"That's because the old clan leader is partial to this damn girl Xiaoyu. Without the care of the clan, I wonder if you would dare to be so stubborn!" Little Yao yelled angrily. In the final analysis, the clan is still partial!
Without a house provided by the clan and no money provided by the clan for the dead girl to study, how could the sister-in-law be so relaxed?
Thinking of this, little Yao rolled his eyes and deliberately raised his voice.
"They are all children of the Zhan clan. Why is it that the clan in the village only provides Xiaoyu with education? It costs ten taels of silver a year to study. This does not include the cost of pens, ink, paper and inkstones. If you ask me, the clan should provide for everything. The child is studying, Aunt Hua, am I right?"
Although the sun has just risen, there are already six or seven women washing clothes in the river. Farmers are busy from the beginning to the end of the year, so they can't save a few taels of silver, and studying is the most expensive thing.
Little Yao just deliberately stirred up trouble. No one's money came from the strong wind. The clan supported that dead girl to study, so she didn't believe that other people were not jealous.
"That makes sense!" Aunt Hua stood up and moved her aching back. Her family was poor and her two daughters-in-law were driven to work in the fields, so she could only do light work like washing clothes by herself.
Several other women looked at each other. Although they knew in their hearts that this was Xiao Yao's deliberate instigation, but it involved so much money, who wouldn't be jealous? Who wouldn't be moved?
"Have you said enough?" Suddenly, an angry voice sounded.
Little Yao looked back and his face suddenly turned pale. He never thought that Muramasa, the old clan leader and several other clan elders were there.
We were going to Zeng's house today. The young and middle-aged members of the clan left before dawn. Muramasa and the others were about to call Zhan Feiyu and set off when they didn't expect to see little Yao here instigating trouble.
Muramasa's majestic eyes swept over several women with different expressions, "Don't think that the villagers are partial to Xiaoyu. I will leave it here today. Whose child can study as well as Xiaoyu? No. I need you to speak up, there is someone from the Yinzi clan who is studying!"
Zhan Feiyu's talent in reading is obvious to all. One month is equivalent to what others would need to study for a year.
"The clan has ten acres of clan land, and every year's income is used for clan members." The old clan leader originally planned to talk about this matter after settling the family affairs, but since we encountered it today, it would be fine to reveal it in advance.
"In the play, it is said that the head can be hung from the beam and the buttocks are stabbed. Who among the children in the village can do it?" The old patriarch's eyes were sharp and his voice was loud, "The little fish only sleeps for three hours a day, and spends the rest of the time reading."
Seeing the shocked expressions of the people present, the old patriarch continued: "Don't envy her talent. Just say that Xiaoyu's handwriting cannot be written by talent. It is practiced one by one. The tip of the writing brush is bald, and a knife of jute paper will be used up in less than three days!"
After the old patriarch finished speaking, he looked coldly at Xiao Yao who wanted to run away, "Da Lang has been studying for four years, and I ask you, can his calligraphy compare to Xiao Yu?"
Seeing the old patriarch and his party walking away, several women doing laundry smiled awkwardly at Mrs. Li and asked themselves whether their children really could not do it. It was as if they had nails under their buttocks. I paid attention and ran out to play.
Little Yao failed to instigate him, and was scolded. He angrily turned around and returned to Zhan's house, carrying the empty basket.
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Village entrance.
"I caused trouble to Mr. Lin today." Muramasa gratefully thanked Mr. Lin who was standing beside the carriage. He originally thought that he was going to take the Hu family's ox cart, but he didn't expect that Mr. Lin actually brought the carriage with him. When he arrived at the Zeng family, he didn't lose.
gained momentum.
"Xiaoyu is my student, that's how it should be." Mrs. Lin smiled gently. Xiaoyu had previously received a letter of recommendation from Leshanju to enter the county school and the government school. I think the Zeng family would also take the initiative.
Is this the ancient art of disguise? Zhan Feiyu’s eyes widened and he stared at Yin Wuyan excitedly.
Not only has his body shape changed from a lean one to that of a young man in his twenties and thirties, but his facial features have also completely changed. The noble temperament contained in his original indifference has also disappeared. At first glance, he looks like an ordinary young man.
He is taciturn and completely befits the identity of a coachman.
The sound of horse hoofbeats sounded, and Chen arrived at the door of the Zeng family mansion on time.
"Is it them?" The alley was dark and filled with people.
The Zeng family had spread the news earlier, and everyone knew that the culprit who frightened Mrs. Zeng was coming to the Zeng family to apologize. So many people didn't know that the person who was just sitting around watching the fun was the one who came to the Zeng family.
"You are stupid, this is a carriage. It would be great if those mud-legged people can ride in an ox cart." The ruffian who spoke curled his lips at his companion.
"Didn't I say that it's the end of the night? Don't you dare to come?" You anxiously looked toward the entrance of the alley, but unfortunately you couldn't see anything but people.
Zhan Feiyu opened the curtain and looked outside. In addition to the ruffians, there were also many old women and aunts. The key was that they all carried baskets in their hands. If you look closely, you can see that there are rotten vegetable leaves in them.
"Xiaoyu, come down." Master Lin urged.
Just as Zhan Feiyu was about to jump off the carriage, a rotten sweet potato suddenly hit him. Zhan Feiyu instinctively ducked aside, but forgot that he was still on the carriage.
Yin Wuyan's figure flashed, and he stretched out his hand to catch the falling Zhan Feiyu, when she saw her body suddenly twisted, her hands hugged Yin Wuyan's neck, and her legs were tied around his waist.
Zhan Feiyu breathed out a breath of fear, and grinned into Yin Wuyan's cold phoenix eyes, "It scared me to death!"
Looking at the fat girl hugging him with her arms and legs, if she were a few years older, Yin Wuyan would have thought that she fell down on purpose just now.
Sensing the flash of sharpness in Yin Wuyan's eyes, Zhan Feiyu blinked with an innocent expression, "This is an instinctive action. I am a scholar. What should I do if the back of my head falls to the ground and I fall unconscious?"
"Come down!" Yin Wuyan could feel the soft little body in his arms. She had only grown flesh but not a head.
"I cuddle with men in broad daylight. I have no shame at a young age. Tsk, tsk, will I go to the building when I grow up?" A malicious voice sounded mockingly, and several ruffians laughed loudly.
When he smiled, his eyes towards Zhan Feiyu became even more lustful and obscene.
Muramasa and Mrs. Lin's expressions changed. Not to mention that Xiaoyu was a scholar and cherished her reputation. Even if she was a girl from an ordinary family, such humiliation would kill her.
After getting off Yin Wuyan's arms, Zhan Feiyu straightened his body and took two steps forward, raised his lips and smiled as brightly as a spring flower, "This is my distant cousin, from the sixth rank of a hundred households."
The smile froze on his face, and the ruffian stared blankly at Zhan Feiyu. This short and fat little girl suddenly turned into an evil spirit that took people's lives. From the sixth grade, the county magistrate is now the seventh grade!
Zhan Feiyu blinked and urged with a smile, "Continue talking and let my cousin listen. When you finish talking, I will go to the guardhouse."
Compared with the benefit of one tael of silver from the Zeng family, his own life is more important! For a moment, the ruffian also doubted whether Zhan Feiyu was talking nonsense.
But looking at her chubby face with a bright smile, and looking at the expressionless Yin Wuyan, the gangster's legs trembled, and he knelt on the ground with a plop and kowtowed, "Young man, you are drunk and talking nonsense, please show your respect...
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The ruffian's face turned pale, and he raised his hand to slap himself in the face. Clear slaps sounded one after another. In a moment, his face was swollen like a pig's head. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and cried and begged, "Sir, I know I was wrong. Please, sir."
Bypass the little dog’s life!”
The alley was crowded with people, but they were all silent and shivering.
These aunties just wanted to watch the commotion and smash a basket of rotten vegetable leaves for the fifty cents given by the Zeng family.
The local ruffians only have one tael of silver, as long as they find a way to humiliate Zhan Feiyu and his party. This money is earned so easily.
But who would have thought that they would hit a brick wall at the beginning, from the sixth-grade Baihu adults! Even if they make money, they will lose their lives.
Zhan Feiyu looked to the left and right with a smile. His originally smiling expression suddenly sank. He put his hands on both waists and assumed a fierce posture like a shrew scolding, "I'm standing here not to leave because I want to accompany you."
Do you want to go to the guardhouse with him?"
"Run!" I don't know who shouted, and with a huff, fifty or sixty people in the alley ran away. How long will it take if they don't leave now?
Muramasa and Mrs. Lin were still shocked by Zhan Feiyu's lies. Although she was not a big person, she was so courageous that even the carriage driver dared to say that she was from the sixth grade.
But looking at the empty alley, as well as the bamboo baskets and vegetable leaves that fell to the ground and were trampled to pieces, Muramasa and Mrs. Lin twitched their mouths. The key is that she dared to say it, and these people dared to believe it!
"Xiaoyu." Master Lin took a deep breath, looked at the innocent-looking Zhan Feiyu, and whispered: "Follow the authority in emergencies, but don't trust your words in the future."
Impersonating a court official is a serious crime punishable by beheading, and will also implicate innocent people.
"Master, I remember." Zhan Feiyu nodded and looked at the closed door of Zeng's house, "I'll call the door."
The Zeng family was a large house with five entrances, but because Zhan Feiyu wanted to give Zhan Feiyu a thumbs up, except for a boy guarding the door, all the other servants and servants retreated to the second entrance courtyard and stood there.
In the main hall, Zeng Yuquan was sitting at the main seat, holding a teacup and sipping tea elegantly. At first glance, he looked like a frail scholar.
"Master, let me go to the front and take a look." Butler Zeng asked in a low voice. The time was almost up.
Zeng Yuquan put the tea cup back on the table, his voice was calm and not slow at all, and he didn't sound like a ruthless person at all, "Look at it, Mrs. Lin is a scholar, the Zeng family still has to give her this thin noodles."
Butler Zeng bowed and stepped back. As soon as he left the door, he bumped into the guard boy who hurried over.
"Butler, no, something happened!" He ran so fast that one of his shoes fell off, and the boy gasped rapidly, "There's something wrong ahead..."
Butler Zeng's heart skipped a beat. He had previously told the gangsters that they could only make things difficult for Zhan Feiyu, but they must not cause any harm to anyone.
Zhan Feiyu was not only favored by County Magistrate Chen, but also favored by another adult in Leshan, who also gave him a letter of recommendation. If something really happened, the Zeng family would definitely be implicated.
"Let Dr. Qian go out." Zeng Yuquan walked out. The sunlight fell on him, but it could not dissolve the suffocating gloom.
"Master, no." The boy glanced at Zeng Yuquan uneasily and said bravely: "All those people in the alley ran away, not a single one was left. Now Zhan Feiyu and the others are outside the door!"
What? Butler Zeng was dumbfounded. He thought that the rule of law would rule the crowd, so he spent money to find these people, but why did they all run away? Don't they want the money anymore?
Zeng Yuquan was also stunned, and smiled with a light smile, "Interesting, in that case, housekeeper, go and greet them! By the way, let Weng San escort all the rats he caught."
"Yes, young master." Butler Zeng felt uneasy. Weng San was a practicing master and had seen blood on his hands.
Muramasa was still worried about the whereabouts of young people like Zhu Zhu. The alley was full of people before, so it was normal for them not to see Zhu Zhu. But now they haven't seen anyone. Muramasa knew that something must have happened.
"They should have been discovered and arrested by the Zeng family." Zhan Feiyu also looked a little heavier. If something happened to them...
Yin Wuyan glanced at Zhan Feiyu, who had a murderous look on his face. He was so worried about several villagers, and now he seemed like a seven-year-old child, but his heart was a little too soft.
"Muramasa."
"uncle!"
Here, Zhan Feiyu and the others passed through the hanging flower gate and just arrived at the courtyard. Zhuzhu and others who were kneeling aside immediately shouted. They are all the strongest in the village. The Huang family brothers are still hunters, but they just arrived at the Zeng family in the morning.
Everyone in the alley was arrested.
All ten people were tied up with ropes, their faces were slightly bruised, and their hands and feet were intact. Zhan Feiyu's heart suddenly relaxed.
"For a hundred taels of silver, you dare to harm my wife and my unborn young master." Weng San's eyes were sinister and violent. He was tall and strong. He grabbed the back collar of the pillar with one hand and lifted the person like a chicken.
Arrived in the middle of the road.
Just as Muramasa was about to step forward, Zhan Feiyu raised his hand to stop the person, and walked over with short legs, "The person you are looking for is me, how can I let them go?"
Whether openly or secretly, the only person the Zeng family really has to deal with is Zhan Feiyu.
On the surface: Zhan Lao Er plotted to murder Mrs. Zeng. The Zeng family did not beat him to death or maim him, but they were concerned about Zhan Feiyu, a scholar; secretly: the disappearance of the jade-faced man was related to Zhan Feiyu. In order to kill and silence him, Zeng