The outer city is noisy. A large number of refugees are pouring in, so that the streets and alleys are filled with smoke and chaos. Refugees are chatting in small groups in corners, wandering around, or begging along the streets. There are adults scolding and children crying everywhere.
Public security in the capital cannot be disrupted, and those from the Nancheng Military and Horse Division are the busiest, because the outer city is within their jurisdiction. In addition to deploying a large number of manpower on the commercial street of Qianmen Street, additional manpower is deployed on other major streets to maintain order.
Only Fanzi shouted at the front of Chang Yu's carriage to clear the way, and homeless people on the street ducked out of the way. Although most people did not know the identity of the owner, the dozen or so guards riding on tall horses with steel knives hanging on their waists all looked fierce and knew that they had a serious background.
The carriage drove slowly towards Guangqumen. Needless to say, Chang Yu was bored in the Yamen and finally couldn't help but go to see Su Guoer. No matter how he controlled his emotions before the battle, he was still a little nervous and uneasy.
, maybe the feeling of home can make you calm down.
After going around a few streets, Chang Yu and Linglong quietly slipped out of the carriage at the entrance of a remote alley and disappeared. When the carriage continued to the next alley, Qiao Sanxiu and Song Luoyu also disappeared.
Chang Yu has too many enemies, so he has to act in secret because he doesn't want to harm his family. After all, he has regarded Huangzhai as his home.
But in a remote alley, Chang Yu, Qiao Sanxiu and Song Luoyu all stared at Linglong, who was rubbing her head in confusion and circling: "I remember you can get out of this alley, and you will go to Shuiguan Hutong...
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It turned out that I was lost.
"Auntie, I want to ask how to get to Nanshuiguan Hutong?" When a few people were chattering, they saw a woman sticking her head into a house. Linglong asked quickly. The woman looked at them with a vigilant face and said indifferently: "What are you doing?
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"Visiting relatives," Linglong guessed that she thought she and the others were wandering around as refugees, so she responded casually.
"Relatives?" The woman curled her lips and said, "What kind of relatives? The people living there are all wealthy families, and I am a well-off family. Can you tell me which family they are?"
"Master Huang of the Huang Mansion is my godfather." Linglong snorted, and the woman's expression immediately changed. Oh, that's such a wealthy family. She raised her hand and pointed: "After exiting this alley, walk two steps to the north.
Just turn east of the alley and you'll be there." Several people quickly thanked him and left.
As the woman said, there were many households in Shuiguan Hutong, including gentry, merchants, and some officials from the capital. It was similar to the wealthy areas of later generations. Even the Huang Mansion was originally bought by Chang Yu from a declining descendant.
Chang Yu originally bought this shabby courtyard as a place to stay for emergencies. When he bought it, he didn't even dare to repair the gatehouse. He thought that if the rebel army really invaded, the capital would look at this shabby appearance.
It was not until Chang Yu came back from Taiyuan that he determined to change the direction of history and repaired the yard and finally made it look like a home.
But it is not conspicuous in Shuiguan Hutong. Here, there are many wealthy people, including gentry who make people red-eyed and drooling, and officials who are respected and bowed. Huangzhai is not outstanding, but it makes the neighbors curious and gossiping.
There are dozens of servants, but they don't do anything to make a living. The door is always closed and the head of the household is never seen. Occasionally, he sees a girl and the servant go out to buy some vegetables and meat. They go up to chat with her, but she nods and closes the door in a hurry.
Some people were curious but did not dare to cause trouble. After all, the house could support more than ten servants. Soon the neighbors heard that they had seen people with knives coming in and out of Huang's house. The only big-looking people in the capital who dare to carry knives these days are the military.
At this point, the neighbors suddenly realized that they were from the military, and they became more afraid of the Huang Mansion.
But then the Huang family expanded their residence and opened a rice shop on the street. This guy was incredible. In these war-torn times, the price of food soared and it may not be available. With such a rice shop, the neighbors naturally couldn't agree with each other.
As for the Huang Mansion, it is well-known in the entire Shuiguan Hutong. Among the neighbors, it is a big family with money, power and food, so the woman who pointed the way earlier reacted like that when she heard that Ling Leng was a relative of the Huang Mansion.
Su Chenghuang's leg is almost healed. He was born as a monkey player and never imagined that he would be able to live such a good life because of a blessing in disguise. Every day he would either drink tea and play monkey tricks at home or go to a shop to sit around. His life was really comfortable.
Midian is a chain owned by Octopus. Su Chenghuang didn't know a few big characters and didn't know how to make a living. Fortunately, the main store had people from the shopkeeper to the accountant, and Su Guoer read and wrote with the accountant.
A rice shop of this size naturally requires a lot of workers. Fortunately, many of the servants in the Huang Mansion have jobs to do and are no longer at home basking in the sun. Chang Yu's original intention of opening this rice shop is to let them earn their own living. No need to ask for anything.
Earn as much as you can to support yourself.
To the people of the Huang Mansion, Chang Yu is the head of the family. He is mysterious and scary. Especially the servants, who have only seen him a few times, have a heartfelt fear of him. This fear comes from Chang Yu's mystery and background.
They don't know the exact identity of their family head, but he is definitely a powerful figure. In addition, those people who came when the rice store opened are said to be famous gangsters in the capital. In short, black and white take all.
Su Chenghuang also asked Chunxiang and Linglong insinuatingly about this matter, but both of them were Tai Chi masters, and Su Chenghuang also figured it out over time. Don't ask more questions if the master doesn't tell her, and Chang Yu won't harm him anyway.
When Chang Yu came to the door, Su Chenghuang was fertilizing the flowers and trees in the courtyard. He was sweating profusely. Aunt Su was helping on the side and sighed from time to time: "What if the Tatars besieged the city and invaded? I also heard that the owner of the house was away.
Why has there been no news from the soldiers for a long time? Could it be that something happened?"
"You old woman can't speak, just say it." Su Chenghuang glared at him and said, "What can happen to the master of the house, Ji Ren, who has his own destiny?" He looked up at the east wall, where officers and soldiers could be vaguely seen walking around: "If the sky falls, what will happen?"
There is someone tall enough to hold it up, and if the Tatars really come in, they will die.”
"Uncle Su, Uncle Su" Just at this moment, a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old ran over. He was the youngest among the servants. He usually did not go to the store to help out and run errands at home.
Su Chenghuang was about to scold this frivolous little Liuzi when he heard him say urgently: "The master of the family is here."
"What kind of home..." Su Chenghuang yelled, dropped the hoe and ran towards the outer courtyard, almost bumping into Chang Yu who was about to come in. He was overjoyed: "Master, you are back, just come back, just come back...
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Chang Yu smiled slightly: "Uncle Su, Auntie, I'm back..."
This feeling was so good. Chang Yu and Su Chenghuang held hands and walked to the inner courtyard. Qiao Sanxiu and Song Luoyu took a look, then silently retreated to the outer courtyard, found a stone bench under a tree and sat down.
"Is Master Qiao married?" Song Luoyu asked softly.
Qiao Sanxiu nodded, having a son, and looked at the clouds in the sky with a trace of affection on his face: "I should see you soon." Song Luoyu thought that he was wrong and apologized quickly: "Master Qiao, I didn't mean it...
Lost to the bandit army?"
Um... Qiao Sanxiu was startled and casually realized that the glance he raised had caused the misunderstanding. He couldn't help but burst into laughter: "My wife and children are fine. I am currently in the army and should be on my way back to Beijing."
Song Luoyu laughed awkwardly and heartily. Qiao Sanxiu sighed: "But having said that, if it hadn't been for the factory supervisor at that time, let alone my wife and children, I would have been in trouble..." Then he took action against Chang Yu who was in trouble in Jizhou.
I talked about the rescue.
After hearing this, Song Luoyu was furious and cursed: "Officers and soldiers are no different from thieves. They are really hateful." After being angry for a while, he said again: "But our factory supervisor is still good. Not to mention the bastards who killed him with his own hands, he also led his troops to conquer the north and south.
If you kill thieves and kill Tatars, you are a great good man and a great hero."
Yes, Qiao Sanxiu nodded slightly: "It's just that it's hard to be a good person these days, and the factory governor has offended many people because of this. There are countless people in the capital who want to kill the factory governor, not to mention those outside.
You are an arrogant and domineering general." He looked at Song Luoyu with a faint smile.
Song Luoyu knew that he meant something, and smiled: "That was before, now I am here to protect the factory governor. If anyone wants to kill him, he must first step on my body..."
While he was talking, he suddenly heard the door being pushed open with a bang. A girl quickly ran past the two of them and rushed into the inner courtyard. Song Luoyu wanted to raise her hand to stop her, but was held back by Qiao Sanxiu. Finally, she couldn't help but said
Finished sentence: "What a cute girl." (To be continued)